Facilitation
Strategic and Action Planning
A clear
plan provides direction, a living plan inspires
action, and a participatory plan creates shared vision. A
participatory process creates an organizational plan with a clear sense
of
agreed-upon priorities and values. We work with clients to determine
what kind
of planning—long-term, strategic, or action—best matches their desired
results.
We use innovative participatory processes to involve stakeholders at
every
relevant level. We assist organizations to identify unarticulated
goals, clarify
direction, develop organizational and team consensus and vet obstacles
as well
as solutions for success. We ensure a
planning
document becomes a “living plan”—providing on-going support for
successful
implementation through key milestones and continued accountability.
Retreat
Planning & Facilitation
Retreating
for reflection and renewal, connection and
celebration. Retreats provide
a unique
opportunity to leave behind daily interruptions. We work with clients
to design
an event that maximizes retreat time and customize an agenda that
achieves core
objectives. Whether for staff, board, steering committee or project
team, we
facilitate retreats that renew purpose, build or deepen working
relationships
and collaboration, strategize a new direction, or celebrate
organizational
milestones. We specialize in retreats that renew commitment and deepen
trust amongst
team members and allow for needed changes to begin.
Work
Group & Meeting Facilitation
Coming
together is a beginning, keeping together is
progress, working together is success.
Facilitation by an outside neutral third party is a crucial resource to
draw
out a group’s most creative thinking or skillfully handle controversial
decisions. When a member of the group facilitates the meeting, they are
unlikely to be able to stay neutral or fully participate; as a result,
the best
thinking of the group as whole is lost.
As professional facilitators, we commit to create a neutral and
safe
environment so that every member can contribute fully. We also support
a group
to work through change, controversy or conflict. We do this in a way
that keeps
the group intact, maintains the integrity of each member and helps each
person
recognize that the real needs of both the collective and individual are
mutually supportive.
Teaching
Facilitation Skills
Developing
internal capacity for long-term
organizational success. People who excel in subject matter expertise
are often enlisted as leaders yet these people are rarely trained in
key skills
to harness group wisdom. We have internationally Certified Professional
Facilitators©
and assessors who design beginning, intermediate and advanced-level
facilitation training for in-house staff, managers, or fellows. Working
from
the core facilitation competencies developed by the International
Association
of Facilitators, LJS provides practical and interactive workshops and
mentoring
to learn, practice, integrate and excel in these competencies.
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