Facilitating Successfully: A Practical Guide

Are you looking to improve your leadership skills and become a successful facilitator? Look no further than Sorin Dumitrascu's book, Facilitating Successfully: A Practical Guide. This book is a comprehensive guide to the competencies needed to become a top facilitator. Starting with defining facilitation and exploring the skills and characteristics associated with it, Dumitrascu sets the foundation for understanding the responsibilities of a facilitator and identifying the factors that cultivate group success. Moving beyond preparation, the book offers an in-depth look at the facilitative process from the opening chapter to the final page. Dumitrascu explores five fundamental principles for beginning a meeting, strategic intervention, action planning, and ending procedures. Each topic provides practical "how to" segments to guide readers to become effective facilitative leaders. However, Dumitrascu acknowledges that no meeting or work group is without challenges. Periods of frustration, confusion, and conflict are normal when dealing with problems or change. That's why the book offers valuable insight into the key function of a facilitator during these periods - helping the group navigate through the tough stuff. Lastly, the book offers a variety of facilitator's tools and formats to help teams or work groups achieve their goals. From co-facilitation techniques to alternative formats and tools, each section provides a brief description of the tools available to the effective facilitator. If you're looking to improve your leadership skills and become an effective facilitator, Facilitating Successfully: A Practical Guide is the perfect resource for your journey.