Workgroup Facilitation
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Workgroup Facilitation
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4 Hrs (9:00 am – 1:00 pm)Meals Provided
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Course Overview
This course has been developed to help participants plan, execute and facilitate group sessions to enhance their ability to deliver worthwhile outcomes.
Expected Outcomes
- Benchmark and improve your personal facilitation style.
- Differentiate good vs. great workgroup session/meeting goals, processes and outcomes.
- Commitment for the "rules of engagement" with workgroup charter.
- Translate and outline key messages succinctly and effectively.
- Proactively progress workgroups through development stages.
- Keep your work group focussed and on track with assertive techniques.
Who Should Attend this Course
Team leaders, supervisors and managers required to bring together internal and external work groups to set goals, make decisions, solve problems or facilitate creative solutions.
Core Learning and Development Competencies
This course has been designed to support the development of the following core competency areas identified to facilitate individual and organisational success:
- Composure
- Decision making
- Directing others
- Presentation skills
Topics Covered [Click to Show All]
- What is facilitation?
- The role and responsibility of a facilitator
- Goal oriented facilitation techniques
- Management by objectives (MBO)
- Essential meeting facilitation techniques
- Key elements of productive workgroup meetings
- Facilitators toolbox
- Seven deadly sins of meetings
- Five stages of group development
- Promote group cohesiveness and respect
- Workgroup intervention
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Odyssey Training is a national Australian provider of professional, technical and management training and consultancy. We run customised training and scheduled training courses in Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne, Sydney and Townsville. We have been a major outsource partner for local and national projects across the private and public sectors. Quality Assurance System conforming to AS/NZS ISO 9001:2008 (Certification no. 1075). Odyssey Training is also a signatory to the Government’s Information Technology Conditions v5 (GITC v5) – Q-953.