Forge a New Era of Leadership

Facilitation is the art and science of guiding groups to achieve their outcomes effectively. It involves designing and leading processes that foster collaboration, innovation, and decision-making. At Voltage Control, we view facilitation as a cornerstone of collaborative intelligence, essential for productive meetings, strategic offsites, and impactful client engagements.

Facilitation skills are versatile and applicable in various scenarios, including:

• Meetings: Enhancing productivity and ensuring clear outcomes.
• Offsites: Driving strategic alignment and team cohesion.
• Boardrooms: Facilitating high-stakes discussions and decisions.
• Client Interactions: Leading effective pitches and discovery sessions.
• Project Management: Guiding teams through complex initiatives.

By mastering facilitation, your team can transform routine interactions into opportunities for innovation and growth.

Facilitation benefits professionals across all levels and functions, such as:

• Executives: For strategic planning and leadership alignment.
• Managers: To lead teams effectively and drive performance.
• Project Leads: Ensuring project milestones are met through collaborative efforts.
• Sales Teams: Enhancing client engagements and closing deals.
• HR Professionals: Facilitating training sessions and organizational development.
• Educators and Trainers: Leading workshops and learning sessions.

Essentially, anyone responsible for leading groups or driving collaborative efforts will find facilitation skills invaluable.

Both approaches offer distinct advantages, and the optimal choice depends on your organization’s objectives:​

• Enrolling a Specific Team: This approach enhances team cohesion and directly addresses the group’s unique dynamics and challenges. By training together, team members can immediately apply facilitation skills to their collective work, leading to improved collaboration and efficiency.​
• Forming a Cohort of Managers and Leaders: Bringing together individuals from different departments fosters cross-functional collaboration and a unified leadership approach. Participants gain diverse perspectives and can disseminate facilitation best practices throughout the organization, promoting a culture of effective communication and problem-solving.​

Consider your primary goals—whether it’s strengthening a particular team’s performance or cultivating a broader organizational shift toward collaborative leadership—to determine the most suitable approach.

Design Thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that emphasizes understanding user needs and iteratively developing solutions. Facilitation is integral to Design Thinking, especially when scaling it across departments and business units. Effective facilitation ensures that diverse teams can collaborate seamlessly, fostering a culture of empathy, experimentation, and rapid prototyping.

For instance, IBM’s adoption of Enterprise Design Thinking—a scalable framework for large organizations—highlights the importance of facilitation in embedding Design Thinking principles across an enterprise. By training facilitators, IBM was able to accelerate project timelines and enhance product quality, demonstrating the tangible benefits of integrating facilitation with Design Thinking practices. (Forrester 2018)

We employ a comprehensive assessment methodology to measure the impact of our facilitation training:

• Pre- and Post-Training Evaluations: To gauge skill development and application.
• Custom Surveys and Interviews: Gathering qualitative feedback from participants.
• Competency-Based Assessments: Aligning with industry standards to ensure proficiency.

Depending on the chosen package, assessments can range from light-touch surveys to in-depth evaluations, including one-on-one interviews and customized competency focus areas.

Investing in facilitation and collaboration is more critical than ever, as evidenced by recent studies:

• Financial Impact: Large organizations lose approximately $100 million annually due to ineffective meetings. (Bloomberg, 2022)
• Collaboration Gaps: 75% of decision-makers believe their companies need significant improvements in collaboration. (Forrester Research, 2021)
• Productivity Loss: 65% of senior managers report that meetings hinder their ability to complete actual work. (Harvard Business Review, 2017)
• Employee Sentiment: 58% of employees would prefer attending a doctor’s appointment over a work meeting. (Deputy, 2022)
• Efficiency Gains: Structured collaboration can lead to 30% faster decision-making and increased organizational agility. (Deloitte, 2023)

By enhancing facilitation and collaboration skills, organizations can address these challenges, leading to improved productivity, employee satisfaction, and overall business performance.

At Voltage Control, our facilitation training stands out due to:

• Expertise: Led by seasoned facilitators with real-world experience.
• Customization: Programs tailored to your organization’s unique challenges and goals.
• Practical Application: Emphasis on hands-on practice to ensure skill transfer.
• Continuous Support: Ongoing coaching and resources to reinforce learning.

Our approach ensures that participants not only learn facilitation techniques but also apply them effectively within their organizational context.

Absolutely. With the rise of remote work, virtual facilitation has become essential. Our training covers:

• Virtual Meeting Design: Crafting engaging and productive online sessions.
• Digital Tools Mastery: Utilizing platforms and tools to enhance virtual collaboration.
• Remote Team Dynamics: Understanding and navigating the nuances of virtual team interactions.

By mastering virtual facilitation, your team can maintain high levels of collaboration and productivity, regardless of location.

Getting started is simple:

1. Contact Us: Reach out through our website form to discuss your needs.
2. Consultation: We’ll schedule a conversation to understand your objectives and challenges.
3. Customized Plan: Based on our discussion, we’ll propose a tailored training program.
4. Implementation: We’ll work with you to schedule and deliver the training at your convenience.

We’re committed to partnering with you to enhance your team’s facilitation capabilities and drive organizational success.