Facilitation for Meetings and Teams
Colman & Company assists organizations in conducting more effective and impact full meetings through facilitation. We believe that the outcome of meetings can be greatly enhanced using the process of facilitation, by which each participant’s contributions and creativity are fully valued.
What is a facilitator?
A facilitator is an impartial meeting leader who is knowledgeable about all of the components that can positively influence the outcome of a meeting. As an impartial moderator, a facilitator provides a global perspective on the meeting process, allowing for better understanding of one another and the issues, greater participation from all of the meeting participants ensuring greater buy-in, more effective problem solving capabilities, conflict resolution, greater focus and time management, and consensus around solutions and forward action.
Why facilitation?
Meetings are a microcosm of an organization’s culture. Changing the meeting culture by making it more open, honest, collaborative, creative, and results-oriented will produce a positive impact on the culture of the entire organization.
Did you know…
- Managers will spend over one-half (more for senior managers) of their working life attending, conducting, preparing for, and following up on meetings.
- Over 25 million meetings take place every day in the United States alone.
- Almost one-third of all meetings are considered unnecessary by the people who attend them.
Information compiled by Interaction Associates
Facilitated meetings produce greater results by fostering an environment which brings out the best of people and their contributions – while remaining focused on the desired outcomes. Meeting participants commonly state the positive impact the facilitator has had on forwarding the action while encouraging participation, organizing information and making important decisions.
Who can benefit from facilitation?
People who attend:
- Regular staff meetings
- Task force meetings
- Board Of Directors meetings
- Strategic Planning
- 1:1 Performance evaluations
- Team building/Quality Team