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Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Christina Wodtke, author of the best-seller Radical Focus, about influencing the influencers, psychological safety online, and re-evaluating our relationship with our computers.
The Facilitation Lab Summit 2025 brought together facilitators from around the world for a transformative two-day experience filled with inspiring sessions, interactive workshops, and a celebration of award-winning facilitators. Highlights included sessions on psychological safety, storytelling for change, and nonverbal communication. Attendees gained valuable tools for enhancing their facilitation practice and fostering meaningful transformations. Stay connected through our Community Hub and get early bird tickets for next year's summit!
Our facilitation certification bridges the gap between the powerful insights of Dare to Lead and practical leadership actions. By combining heart-centered approaches with structured facilitation methods, we help you create safe, collaborative spaces that drive team success. Master skills like active listening, conflict resolution, and strategic planning to enhance communication, foster innovation, and lead with authenticity. Transform your leadership style and empower your team with actionable frameworks that inspire lasting change.
Building meaningful relationships is at the heart of effective facilitation. In this post, explore how intentional connection-building, trust, and shared rituals enhance collaboration, even in remote and hybrid settings. Learn practical strategies to foster trust, manage conflict, and create environments where participants feel heard and valued. Discover how facilitators can cultivate lasting relationships that extend beyond the session, influencing team dynamics and organizational culture.
In this episode of the Facilitation Lab podcast, host Douglas Ferguson converses with Kelly Artis, founder of Mission Identity, who empowers women through the Enneagram. The discussion highlights the transformative power of facilitation, particularly through Kelly's experiences in the George W. Bush Institute's Veteran Leadership Program. Kelly shares her journey into facilitation, emphasizing the importance of psychological safety, empathy, and deeper connections in group settings. She reflects on how effective facilitation goes beyond traditional teaching, fostering meaningful interactions and personal growth. The episode underscores the impact of creating safe spaces for dialogue and collaboration.
Struggling to engage quieter participants during facilitation? This article provides 13 effective techniques to foster a more inclusive environment and ensure every voice is heard. Learn about pre-surveys, setting ground rules, using anonymous feedback, and more to create balanced discussions. Discover strategies like small group discussions, the strategic use of silence, and empathy to build a safe and engaging space. Enhance your facilitation skills and promote active participation by reading on and joining the Facilitation Lab community for more practical tips and support.
Master the art of effective meetings with debriefing—a practice that turns discussions into actionable plans. Debriefing fosters alignment, continuous improvement, and shared commitment. This blog explores its significance, impact on consensus-building, the role of psychological safety, and benefits of integrating debriefs throughout sessions. Learn how documenting and visualizing outcomes enhances follow-through, ensures alignment, and drives meaningful commitments. Discover the tools that can enhance debriefing practices and how fostering a psychologically safe environment promotes open communication and better decision durability. Join us to explore debriefing's transformative power in facilitation.
Encouraging participation from quieter group members is a common challenge in facilitation. Cultural differences, anxiety, or past experiences may cause hesitance, leading to unbalanced discussions and missed insights. This article offers 13 effective techniques for fostering an inclusive environment, ensuring every voice is heard. Techniques include pre-surveys, setting ground rules, anonymous feedback, small group discussions, empathy, strategic use of silence, direct invitations, random selection tools, reframing quietness, clear facilitation roles, parking lot techniques, breathing exercises, and inclusive language. Enhance your facilitation skills by creating engaging and inclusive spaces for all participants.
Discover the transformative power of silence in facilitation with our latest blog post, "A Quiet Place: Embracing Silence." Inspired by the film series A Quiet Place, we explore the profound impact of intentional silence on team dynamics and psychological safety. Silence isn't just the absence of sound; it's a powerful tool for contemplation, inclusivity, and creativity. Learn how facilitators can use silence to enhance meeting effectiveness, support neurodivergent participants, and accommodate cultural differences.
Explore the transformative power of facilitation in driving organizational change and innovation through real-world examples from IBM, Toyota, P&G, and Google. Learn how strategic facilitation approaches like IBM's Innovation Jam and Google's 20% Time have led to significant business innovations, underscoring the vital role of facilitation in enhancing collaboration, continuous improvement, and competitive advantage in various industries.
