facilitation services
Approach
My focus is on making workshops and meetings both effective and efficient, because how you invest your time and attention matters.
I arrive prepared. I don't walk into a room and start from a blank page. I invest time upfront to understand your context and prepare easy-to-use tools that guide the conversation, so the session runs smoothly and produces something useful.
My aim is for participants to feel included in the session, then leave with a clear sense of what was decided and what happens next.
services
consulting workshops and meetings
Facilitation often forms part of my consulting engagements, where stakeholder input or feedback is needed to shape the deliverable.
Some examples include:
planning workshops
risk workshops
policy development and process design meetings
draft policy feedback meetings.
stand-alone workshops and meetings
Clients who've valued the effectiveness and efficiency I bring to consulting workshops have also re-engaged me for stand-alone events. These include board and committee discussions where independent facilitation allows the chair to participate as an equal rather than manage the room.
I also support leadership teams that need effective meeting design and independent facilitation for targeted problem-solving sessions.
insights
Looking for some insights and inspiration?
Check out my free leadership novella and article series, particularly the working group scenes in the later chapters, where the cast has to navigate their very different working styles to manage a high-stakes collaborative process. (Though do start from Chapter 1 to understand the whole story.)
There are also various articles on productivity, leadership, governance and change on my blog. You might find the following posts interesting:
Tackling ‘too many meetings’ syndrome | A productivity tip from the world of billable hours
Governance | Why boards shouldn’t get side-tracked with the operational
Strategic planning | Should you be planning in uncertain times?
‘Macro to micro’ thinking | A simplified approach to planning or taking action.