Facilitation
The role of a facilitator is to ensure concrete outcomes of any process by providing a framework for discussion and ensuring that the time invested leads to the clearest outcomes paired with highest commitment. My facilitation principles:
- Not the centre
- No event, process or meeting is about the facilitator. He is merely there as a catalyst to ensure a smooth process.
- Content agnosticism
- The facilitator has no opinion on ‘correct’ outcomes – he does not take sides.
- However, he is responsible for results – it is his responsibility to ensure that an outcome is reached
- Clear Framework
- It is a facilitators’ responsibility to ensure and enforce an agreed framework to let participants focus on discussion, content and agreement without distraction or insecurity
- Global Commitment
- A facilitator’s role does not start with the event, but includes supporting the preparation regarding aims, process, flow, methods, setting, technology and content.
- A facilitator’s role does not end with the respective facilitated event, but includes ensuring that participants are as well equipped as possible to follow up on the agreements and commitments made in the course of the process.
Over the past 25 years, I have moderated and facilitated hundreds of events – face-to-face, hybrid or fully digital. Examples:
- multi-day parliamentary style summits with over 500 participants
- global corporate town halls
- panel discussions with top key-note speakers
- corporate board strategy meetings
- top leadership offsites
- team offsites