External help is often required by groups of people who gather to successfully communicate, make decisions or resolve difficulties. This kind of assistance is provided by individuals skilled in facilitation.
The title ‘facilitator’ is currently in vogue – being used in a great variety of different contexts. For this reason it is commonly undervalued and often misunderstood. We must be careful, therefore, to understand what it means, for it can hide different purposes and intentions.
The way in which we are using the word is taken from its Latin root, ‘facilis’ meaning ‘easy’. In our view, a facilitator is someone who tries to make it easy for others to accomplish what they set out to do.
The size of group and the complexity of the problem mean that different kinds of approach or levels of expertise may be required. For groups both large and small, this Consultancy has a network of suitably trained and experienced facilitators at its disposal.
Previous experience includes facilitating large Conferences of over one hundred delegates, Provincial Chapters of Religious Orders, longer-term strategic development initiatives, as well as countless examples of small group work.
Training others to facilitate effectively is also within the portfolio of our ongoing work.