self-awareness

Facilitate Yourself First

November 11, 2014 by Steve Davis 5294Leave a CommentFacilitate+Yourself+First2014-11-11+23%3A56%3A20Steve+Davis

I believe that the most important person you need to facilitate to be the most effective is…yourself. Self-Facilitation is a necessary skill requiring you to practice conscious and mindful action in each and every moment, which is made all the more challenging in the presence of a dynamic, sometimes dysfunctional group, expecting you to lead them! A lot […]

Operating from Center as a Facilitator

September 2, 2014 by Steve Davis 3503 CommentsOperating+from+Center+as+a+Facilitator+2014-09-02+07%3A05%3A24Steve+Davis

We are all basically ordinary. None of us has more than one brain, is free of the need to take time to eat and breathe, or goes through life without any conflicts. Einstein flunked math, the Wright Brothers were simple bicycle mechanics, and Mark Twain never took a high school English Course. What is extraordinary […]

You are a Process

May 6, 2013 by Steve Davis 3018 CommentsYou+are+a+Process2013-05-06+06%3A21%3A54Steve+Davis

Facilitating processes for others means facilitating your process too. Facilitators spend a lot of time preparing material and frameworks for setting up and running effective group processes. They may assemble resources relevant to the focus of their group. They attempt to anticipate some of the problems, concerns, and challenges that may present themselves so that they’ll […]

Getting to the Bottom of Yourself

November 15, 2011 by Steve Davis 4227 CommentsGetting+to+the+Bottom+of+Yourself2011-11-15+00%3A18%3A10Steve+Davis

As I’m getting to know Madison, I’ve been meeting quite a few new people. When we meet, many of them ask, “What do you do to stay busy?” I used to be a bit embarrassed to answer this question honestly, but lately I’ve been more frank by responding with something like, “Well, I haven’t been […]