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High Performing Team Facilitation Skills Workshop

Are your team meetings flat and lifeless? Do you seem to have a lot of tangential discussions that have little to do with the agreed upon agenda? Do you have difficulty getting your team to be creative? Do you have difficulty seeking real input from your team, preferring to create the illusion of input by asking for ideas and then doing what you wanted to do in the first place? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, our Team Facilitation Skills workshop will greatly improve your leader effectiveness

This 3-day session will focus on the skills needed to be an effective leader/facilitator of the team process. Through classroom discussion, role-plays simulations and intensive feedback, participants will practice the concepts and techniques needed to make team decisions that are of high quality and generate high levels of commitment. Course content will focus on four major areas:

How teams develop and how they get thrown off track.
Behaviors that are important for team leaders and members.
Group dynamics and dealing with challenging behaviors.
Tools/job aids for effective facilitation.

The overall classroom approach will be to introduce a concept, discuss its relevance to team facilitation, have participants engage in a simulation that requires the use of the concept and then receive peer and instructor feedback on their effectiveness in using the concept. Each participant will have the opportunity to facilitate a small group session.

Who Should Attend
Any manager who has to facilitate staff or project meetings will benefit from this workshop. Individual contributors, who function as internal consultants within their organization, will also benefit from attending.

Workshop Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

Identify the critical stages of team development and derailment.
Identify and practice leadership behaviors that are critical for achieving team outputs.
Identify and respond to difficult team member behavior.
Implement group problem solving and facilitation tools in appropriate situations.
Determine the degree of involvement a team should have in decisions.
Understand the basic principles of group dynamics.

Workshop Agenda
Day 1

Course Agenda Review The O.A.R.R.s Tool
"Team Ground Rules" Activity Using A Contingency Diagram
Identifying Participant Objectives
How Teams Develop: The Team Performance Model
How To Use A "Parking Lot"
The Importance of Trust: A Team Tool to Build Cohesion and Openness
Group Behaviors Critical For Effective Consensus
Team Synergy Exercise: Simulation #1
The Difference Between Quality & Commitment
Feedback Session For Simulation #1
"The Abilene Paradox": Dealing with Conflict and Agreement in Groups

Day 2

Simulation # 2: Contingency Diagram
Feedback Session For Simulation #2
Conflict Management Tools, Introduction to Team Problem Solving Model
Simulation #3: Dealing With Conflict In Groups
Feedback Session For Simulation #3
How To Facilitate Solutions That Generate High Levels of Commitment
Simulation #4: Eggs Can Fly
Feedback Session For Simulation #4
Process Check Using The Plus/Delta Tool

Day 3

Group Behaviors Test
Leader Decision Styles In Groups
Simulation #5: Selection Dilemma
Feedback Session For Simulation #5
Simulation #6: Group Feedback & Evaluation
Feedback Session For Simulation #6
Course Summary and Evaluation

CPE Credits: This workshop qualifies for 22 CPE credits

Prework required: Participants will review some brief reading material and complete a Trust Building Tool worksheet which will be sent in advance of the workshop.

For more information about the Team Facilitation Skills seminar, contact: Mike DeGiorgi (540) 719-0642. MDtraining@aeg-training.com

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