Are you getting the results you want
from your groups?

Getting humans to work together effectively continues to be
one of our greatest challenges.

"Meetings begin with the same risk of injury as a motor vehicle containing a steering wheel at each passenger seat."
--George Kieffer--

By their very nature, groups are tough to lead and facilitate. Groups are entirely different entities than the sum of the individuals involved. Getting the results you want takes far more than simply bringing a bunch of smart people together. Thinking otherwise contributes to harsh judgments upon ourselves and others, leading to apathy, inaction, and the continual self-fulfilling prophecy of groups that just don't work.

But there are ways to deal with each and every situation you encounter. Once you understand group dynamics and leadership, you'll transform your problems with groups into opportunities and enjoy the satisfaction of achieving greater results that comes with being part of a high functioning team.


Hi, I'm Steve Davis, Founder of FacilitatorU.com.

FacilitatorU.com is the virtual university for professional facilitators, trainers, and group leaders, and publisher of the weekly Master Facilitator Journal with thousands of members worldwide.

We work with group facilitators, trainers, project managers, business and life coaches, board members, clergy, sports coaches, and group leaders who know there have got to be better ways to help their groups work together more productively. They are experiencing the positive results that come from learning, practicing, and applying group facilitation skills


Would you like to be able to...

• Effectively resolve conflicts and find creative solutions.
  
  
• Better balance task and relationship issues.
  
  
• Make a shift from "more" communication to "quality" communication.
  
  
• Understand and appreciate different personality types and learning styles.
  
  
• Learn effective meeting management skills.
  
  
• Learn ways to facilitate a common commitment--a sense that the group is taking a journey together, not just dealing with problems to get results.
  
  
• Learn to work through ongoing conflicts, miscommunication, and poor performance in your groups.
  
  
• Learn and to relax and have a lot more fun with your groups.
  
  
• Help save your group thousands of dollars in lost productivity.
  
  
• Collaborate and learn from a community of your peers, all passionate about empowering group so you're doing this group leadership thing all alone.

Here's how we can help.

I've been coaching, training, and facilitating in the live and virtual environments since 1996. In collaboration with many leaders around the world, we've developed a huge collection of virtual training, tools, resources, and insights to help you become a better facilitator, trainer, consultant, coach, or group leader who can consistently solve the problems that get in the way of groups achieving their potential.


How are we different?

• Live and recorded audio teleclasses. Click here to check out our growing collection of live and pre-recorded audio teleclasses complete with downloadable learning guides and workbooks.
  
  
• Downloadable ebooks on group leadership topics such as Getting Full Participation, Group Intervention, Learning Facilitation, Workshop Design, Facilitation Checklists, Models, and Questions, Building Workplace Competencies, and more. Click here for details.
  
  
• Live and recorded expert audio interviews with a variety of experts in the field of group facilitation, training, and leadership. Click here to view our growing collection.
  
  
• Hundreds of articles on facilitation and leadership topics to support the work of facilitators, consultants, trainers, and coaches. Click here to view our article collections.
  
  
• Interactive Forums to give and receive support and collaboration from others in your field.
  
  
• Master Facilitator Journal, our highly acclaimed ezine offering free weekly tips and tools for group leaders for the past five years. Click here to see what readers are saying out it.
  
  
  

Access all of these resources as a FacilitatorU.com member

• Click here for details on our yearly memberships offering total access to all of our resources.
  
  
• Click here for details on our corporate license option allowing you to host all of our resources on your internal intranet for your staff.

Here are some Free gifts to get you started...

• Free Ecourse: Five Inner Secrets of Facilitative Leadership that address the essential attitudes and perspectives you need to be an effective facilitator, trainer, or group leader.
  
  
• The first three chapters of our new book ,This Meeting Sux. 12 Acts of Courage to Change Meetings For Good, This book provides quick but effective things you can do right now to change the course of your next meeting whether you're the designated leader or not!
  
  
• The Master Facilitator Journal, our famous, international email newsletter for facilitators, trainers, and group leaders.
  
  

Sign up below to receive these free gifts in you inbox right away.

Live Training, Facilitation, and Consulting

• Random Acts of Facilitation. A basic facilitation skills training in a one or two day workshop designed for group leaders and for followers alike.
  
  
• Not Just Another Meeting. A half-day or one-day training on meeting skills to shorten and streamline your meetings while getting better results in the process.
  
  
• Coach Training for Managers. A two-day workshop called the "Coaching Clinic®" which teaches Strategic Skills for Managers, Leaders and Coaches with emphasis on individual and collective learning and creativity. The Coaching Clinic® provides both the technology and process to develop a new workplace model to help leaders maximize their group's results.
  
  
• The Five Dysfunctions of Teams. Based on Patrick Lencioni's model, this one or two-day workshop helps existing teams work through issues of trust, conflict, and accountability that often stand in the way of them being their best.
  
  
• Accessing the Inner Leader. A one to two-day workshop to teach leaders the skills and qualities of Facilitative Leadership.
  
  
• Becoming a Learning Facilitator. A one to two-day workshop designed to help you shift from conventional "teaching" to a facilitator of learning.
  
  
• Customized Workshop Design. Contact us to discuss options for training, group facilitation services, or kick-off sessions to get your groups aligned for results.
  
  
• Executive coaching for skill building and enhanced results. Contact us to discuss options for individualized training, coaching, and consulting to incorporate a Facilitative Leadership culture in your organization.
  
  

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