Facilitated problem-solving for effective meetings

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FACILITATED PROBLEM SOLVING FOR EFFECTIVE MEETINGS

You need to gain commitment from people/ teams/departments with different priorities

You need a step change from past levels of co-operation among people

You don’t know quite where to start but you know you’re going to need to involve a number of people to solve the problem

The stakes are high and you MUST solve this problem

This issue keeps coming up and nothing seems to solve the problem once and for all

You need a fresh start with this team

You need a new approach to this problem

A skilled facilitator can give you:

Purpose and structure
Preparation, such as doing the groundwork where there are potential conflicts
A focus on solving the problem, not distracted by personalities and internal politics
Fresh thinking
A higher profile to your initiative
A systematic approach to solving your problems

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CASE STUDY:

FACILITATED MEETING FOR

FAITH/BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

I was recently brought in to work with a group of industrialists and faith leaders who wanted to give something back to their local community. They all had reasons for getting involved and it sounded great in principle but some of them were thinking of pulling out because it was going nowhere.

After a one-day workshop, they left with 3 priority tasks, a set of actions and champions to make sure they happen.

“Aims were more than fully met. Excellent, very helpful, process useful.”

- Henry Ratter, Group Leader

“Met my expectations – gave me a greater understanding of what the group wanted to achieve. Good agenda and different activities, lots of opportunity for ‘chewing the fat’, I enjoyed the variety of input”

- Faith at Work representative

“Really stimulating and creative - well structured. I liked the atmosphere and the light touch. The structure really released ideas.”

- Take your Minister to Work representative

TRY A FACILITATED REVIEW

...If you want to avoid making the same mistakes again

...If it’s not going according to plan at any stage in the project cycle:

Review

The obvious place for a review might be at the end, but you can use a facilitated review to advantage at any stage in the project cycle.

REVIEW:

Understand the root causes of success and difficulty to apply to your next project.

ACTION:

Take stock of changes before they impact on your ability to meet budgets and deadlines.

PREPARATION:

Disagreement often surfaces at the earliest stages - confront it now before it de-rails the project during implementation.

To find out more about how a skilled facilitator can improve your business performance, please sign up for a free copy of my article, 7 Reasons why you’re trying to solve the wrong problem, or contact us to discuss your needs.

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