Facilitation resources Archives

Our Advanced Program for 2024 is bigger and better

Posted by Henry Fowkes on November 28, 2023 in Facilitation, Facilitation resources, Working well with others,

We’ve launched our Advanced Facilitation course for 2024 with updates designed to deepen the learning experience. The course has evolved significantly in the past few years, adapting to online delivery during the pandemic and now returning to a blended format. This course still rests strongly on its foundations, guiding participants to develop the competence, confidence […]

Graduate network takes shape

Posted by Tanya Edlington on July 27, 2023 in Facilitation, Facilitation resources, Working well with others,

As we reconfigure ourselves at Groupwork Centre to meet the needs of clients and members in the post-lockdown world, one of our big ideas – an alumni network – is starting to take shape. The concept came from a graduate of the advanced program, Tanya Edlington, and it was so well presented, we decided to […]

What we are reading, viewing and listening to – June 23

Posted by Jim Buckell on June 23, 2023 in Facilitation, Facilitation resources, Management Gems, Working well with others,

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups By Daniel Coyle rh business books We all want the groups we work with to buzz. US writer Daniel Coyle’s research on the recipe for success is so chockers with valuable tips and insights it’s hard to put down. Here’s a few startling revelations. Kinder kids […]

A Snag In Collaborative Decision Making

Posted by Ed McKinley on March 11, 2022 in Facilitation, Facilitation resources, Management Gems, Working well with others,

At its best, Collaborative Decision Making is so 3D. It’s about pooling ALL inputs and then together figuring out what’s best to do. Yet a snag we can hit is precedent. People’s contribution to Collaborative Decision Making can be held back because of precedent, that we should continue as we have been OR, if we […]

Connection before content – making online learning enriching!

Posted by Henry Fowkes on February 17, 2022 in Facilitation, Facilitation resources, Working well with others,

As I search the phrase “Zoom fatigue”, I am unsurprisingly horrified when almost ten million results arrive! This phrase, barely whispered before the pandemic, is now widely used to describe the exhaustion from attending too many online meetings. So as facilitators and educators, how can we reduce this pixelated fatigue and create engaging and energising […]

The power of group agreements

Posted by Jim Buckell on December 13, 2021 in Facilitation, Facilitation resources, Management Gems, Working well with others,

Group agreements are a powerful tool we use to help people work well together. We encourage groups to spend some time formulating agreements and to refer to them regularly as a reminder of the importance of getting along. Items they come up with might be as simple as punctuality or not talking over each other. […]

The top five things that go wrong in meetings and how to fix them

Posted by Jim Buckell on July 26, 2021 in Facilitation, Facilitation resources, Management Gems, Working well with others,

Meetings matter. It’s here we bring people together to make decisions, set directions and find out what’s going on. Alongside their role as an engine room that drives our organisation or team, meetings are also places where we establish and maintain the culture of the group. If that culture is troubled, inevitably tensions surface when […]

Groupwork Centre’s Microskills Card Deck

Posted by Steve Ray on July 26, 2021 in Facilitation, Facilitation resources, Working well with others,

For those of you who still reach into the “deck of microskill cards” that exist within your heads, or perhaps in your notebook from one of the courses you have done with Groupwork, here now, is the REAL thing! Ever wanted a deck of Microskill cards – here they are!We’ve produced a physical card-deck of […]