Interpersonal and Group Facilitation
Working in groups can be challenging, whether in meetings or working teams. The obstacles to a highly productive flow state can be subtle. Group facilitation can help intact teams and working groups in the following ways:
1. Identification and refinement of group objectives
2. Clarification of roles and responsibilities
3. Achieve agreement on a process by which objectives will be accomplished, adapting as needed
4. Facilitatate interpersonal and group dynamics
Mentor’s facilitators are experts in interpersonal dynamics:
- emotional and social intelligence
- power dynamics
- gender and other diversity factors
- authentic interpersonal communication
- conflict management
- rapport building (and erosion)
- influencing others in authentic and sustainable ways
Mentor’s facilitators are experts in group dynamics:
- formation and changing of norms
- roles and the value each brings
- group development process
- hierarchy and power
Interpersonal and group dynamics can significantly enhance or inhibit the productivity of groups.
Mentor’s facilitators can significantly enhance the effectiveness of meetings and working teams, and do so gracefully, in a way that is empowering and fulfilling for everyone involved.