Facilitation Services
The benefits of using a facilitator
When you have an important meeting you need to be in it, not running it. You might have key decisions to make, be facing a complex challenge or tricky conversations; you might want a fresh approach to team-working or be working with a large group. Bringing in an external facilitator means you have the support of an expert in meeting design who is also a skilled neutral third party to run your meeting, with the facilitator working to:
- Increase engagement, participation and communication
- Promote new ideas and creative thinking
- Create alignment across the group and co-ownership of decisions.
Every facilitator has different areas of expertise and experience - find out more about mine below.
The benefits of using a facilitator
When you have an important meeting you need to be in it, not running it. You might have key decisions to make, be facing a complex challenge or tricky conversations; you might want a fresh approach to team-working or be working with a large group. Bringing in an external facilitator means you have the support of an expert in meeting design who is also a skilled neutral third party to run your meeting, with the facilitator working to:
- Increase engagement, participation and communication
- Promote new ideas and creative thinking
- Create alignment across the group and co-ownership of decisions.
Every facilitator has different areas of expertise and experience - find out more about mine below.
Areas of facilitation expertise
List of Services
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STRATEGY/ STRATEGIC PLANNINGList Item 1
- Laying the foundations of strategy - purpose, vision and mission, and values.
- Building out a shared vision for the future - for your organisation or partnership.
- Creating strategy in a complex/ changing world including scenario planning and environmental analysis.
- Agreeing strategic goals and identifying the most effective pathways to achieve them.
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TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGEList Item 3
- Change management planning - using a systems approach.
- Change programme engagement for leaders, managers and at team level.
- Creating culture change - embedding values and focus on behaviours.
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TEAM EFFECTIVENESS
- Developing a team vision and/ or goals..
- Exploring and improving ways of working.
- Prioritising and action planning to deliver on your goals.
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CONSULTATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKINGList Item 2
- Stakeholder consultation to gather insights and perspectives.
- Collaborating to create your shared vision and align on future direction.
- Working together to generate ideas, solve problems and make collective decisions.
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SOCIAL IMPACTList Item 4
- Creating a strategy for social purpose organisations, teams and partnerships at organisational, project, and policy and campaigning levels.
- Identifying how to Increase your impact using systems thinking methodologies.
- Building your theory of change for strategy, communications or impact measurement
- Planning for impact measurement.
More about services
LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® METHODOLOGY
LEGO SERIOUS PLAY transforms meetings and workshops into dynamic, inclusive, and insightful experiences — empowering people to think deeply, share openly, and solve complex challenges creatively.
LEGO SERIOUS PLAY is particularly effective for working on different aspects of strategy, change and team building, By building models using LEGO bricks as metaphors individuals and groups are better able to unlock new perspectives, build stronger connections and co-create solutions to complex challenges.
Whether you only have a short time to meet, or a whole day or more together, ask about LEGO SERIOUS PLAY - it could be the right method to transform your conversations.
SOCIAL PURPOSE SERVICES
Public benefit is not just for charities - many organisations, teams and partnerships have a social purpose at their heart. I have 20 years' experience of working in and with social purpose organisations including non profits, social enterprises, public sector, and corporate CSR teams. I understand they need a strategy rooted in social impact as well as a strong business model. I provide specialist training, facilitation and consultancy services to support their unique needs for strategic planning, impact and governance.
To find out more follow The Facilitator Effect for Social Purpose on LinkedIn or use the contact page.
SYSTEMS CHANGE
Systems thinking and its real world application of systems change are essential skills and mindsets for leaders and managers today. Taking a systems approach means recognising that the problems we need to address or changes we want to create - whether in our organisations or the world around us - are influenced by complex inter-related factors. Taking a simplistic approach just won't cut it, at best we will underachieve and we may fail completely. That's why I incorporate systems change methods into my facilitation - to support clients with:
- Creating robust strategy in response to a changing and uncertain environment
- Creating change 'that sticks' in their organisations
- Creating a better world - whether working locally or at a global level.
To find out more about systems change workshop facilitation use the contact page.
