Benefits

Facilitation is a delicate process. If done with purpose and sensitivity, it enables the participants to do their best thinking. And ensures that mutually acceptable and beneficial decisions are made. The process itself can enhance the culture and performance of a group assisting them in the organizational and industry challenges they may face.

Experience and Philosophy

As part of her profession and role, Adelle has been facilitating for more than 18 years. She has come to understand the importance of the process beyond the client content needing facilitation. Much like collective coaching, facilitation requires an understanding of the complexities of group dynamics, organizational politics and personal progress, without allowing those dynamics to undermine performance and the required results. It means encouraging participants to be open, to listen, to adopt an inquisitive stance, rather than a particular point of view and to promote meaningful conversations that allow the group to reach decisions and consensus in a way that is beneficial to all and the whole.

Under the tutelage of Beth Jandernoa and Glennifer Gillespie of Collaborative Change Works part of Adelle’s experience includes Mapping and Model-Building. The Mapping process looks at accessing underlying patterns and problems in any complex situation and identifies structural traps, defensive routines and causal loops which may be causing the problem and in so doing assists in generating a new perspective and a collaborative solution.

Model-Building on the other hand looks at understanding tacit models of behavior within the individuals of that group. Both processes use guided facilitative processes with a view to finding a resolution to the situation in a way that constructs the groups own unique model of practice. Her facilitation experience also includes the development, planning, implementing, reviewing or assessment of current plans and circumstances through which a group or team might be going.

Facilitation cannot be achieved without a strategic intent and an appreciation of the common objectives for the business, the group and the session. Facilitation processes that enhance the group culture, improve collaboration, that build innovation and unleash creativity are critical for the business world in which we now live. Having some fun in the process never did any harm either.