Serving as a group facilitator at a workshop is an important assignment that can help make the difference between the session being a big success or not.  It is also an opportunity to be, and to grow as, a visible leader.  Do not pass up the opportunity to rise to the occasion and to do a first-rate job that makes a great impression.  Do all you can to help your organization achieve its objectives because your performance, and the positive results you help generate, will be noticed!

Your job as a facilitator is to:

• Create, promote, and use a safe environment that ensures those in your workgroup participate fully and that their task is understood and completed successfully and on time.

• Model target behavior.

• Help lead a dialogue (which literally means: “quest for truth”) that fosters and promotes learning and targeted change. Continue reading How to be a good group facilitator to help your organization and to grow as a leader when the opportunity presents itself. →