The facilitator's task of opening up discussion, getting ideas into the open and setting broad future direction is essential if a group is to reach consensus on a particular outcome and it is now one of the key techniques used in meetings and workshops This practical introduction to the essential skills needed will help readers develop a facilitation style that is unbiased and non-manipulative - allowing them to be in control without being overpowering. With detailed examples, proven tips for success, checklists and a self assessment guide to help readers test their own personal approach to facilitation, the book will help readers to:
Esther Cameron (1959 - ) is an Edinburgh, Scotland born writer and consultant working in the field of organisational change. She has written three highly readable management books: Facilitation Made Easy, Making Sense of Change Management and Making Sense of Leadership - the last two of which have been co-authored with her colleague and good friend Mike Green.
Informed by 20 years of consulting experience, and a 10 year relationship with University of Bristol as a visiting tutor, her writing is characterised by an accessible simplicity which brings complex concepts to a wider audience through examples and description. Esther is Director of the newly launched, innovative consultancy Integral Change - see their website at www.integralchange.co.uk - and spends her time catalysing healthy, sustainable change through joined-up, minimal interventions, as a response to these testing times.
Esther has worked to support leaders within in Shell, Hewlett Packard, Tata Steel, EDF, Microsoft, various government departments and local authorities in the UK, and a number of international charities.
