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KNOWLEDGE FOR BUSINESS IN BORDER REGIONS<br />

a ‘content neutral’ party who by not taking sides or expressing or advocating a point of view during the meeting, can advocate for<br />

fair, open, and inclusive procedures to accomplish the group’s work« – Doyle<br />

• »One who contributes structure and process to interactions so groups are able to function effectively and make high-quality<br />

decisions. A helper and enabler whose goal is to support others as they achieve exceptional performance.« – Bens<br />

• »The facilitator’s job is to support everyone to do their best thinking and practice. To do this, the facilitator encourages full participation,<br />

promotes mutual understanding and cultivates shared responsibility. By supporting everyone to do their best thinking, a<br />

facilitator enables group members to search for inclusive solutions and build sustainable agreements.« – Kaner<br />

What is a group facilitator like, what are his qualities?<br />

INTERNAL, IMPARTIAL, EXTERNAL, PROCESS GUIDE, ANALYST, TIMEKEEPER, CONFLICT MANAGER, PROCESS EXPERT, CONSENSUS BUILDER,<br />

AGENDA SETTER, MODERATOR, PROCESS ADVOCATE, MOTIVATOR, NEUTRAL, OBSERVER, NOT IN THE WAY, WELL-STRUCTURED, CREATIVE,<br />

IMPROVISOR, PROCESS LEADER, ACTIVE LISTENER, ...<br />

According toThiagi, Inc. (Thiagi, 2010):<br />

• Effective facilitators are flexible. They modify their small-group activities before and during use.<br />

• Effective facilitators are adaptive. They modify their small-group activities along six critical tensions.<br />

• Effective facilitators are proactive. Before using a small-group activity, they modify it on the basis of the characteristics of the<br />

participants and the purpose of the activity.<br />

• Effective facilitators are responsive. They make modifications during the small-group activity to keep the different tensions within<br />

acceptable ranges.<br />

• Effective facilitators are resilient. They accept whatever happens during the small-group activity as valuable data and smoothly<br />

continue with the activity.<br />

3.4.4 Benefits of facilitation 1<br />

• Group members are more motivated to support the decisions made.<br />

• The best efforts of groups usually yield better results than individual efforts.<br />

• Maximum participation and involvement increase productivity.<br />

• Managers and leaders are better able to draw on those they lead as resources, an<br />

ability that is critical to organisational success.<br />

• Everyone has a chance to be influential and useful, and people sense that they are<br />

integral part of a team effort.<br />

• Organisations can be flexible and produce results more quickly because people are<br />

committed to the decisions made.<br />

• Decisions are made where the work must be done.<br />

• People realize that responsibility for implementing decisions lies with everyone.<br />

• Innovation, problem-solving, and implementation skills are built.<br />

• People are encouraged to think and act for the overall good of the organisation.<br />

• Higher-quality decisions are made.<br />

• A forum is provided for constructive conflict resolution and clarifying misunderstanding.<br />

• Negative effects are less likely, such as low morale, low involvement, and withholding<br />

information from others, as well as attitudes such as “It’s not my job” and<br />

“Just tell me what to do.”<br />

A facilitator is “best when people<br />

barely know that he or she<br />

exists. “<br />

Sophie Clarke<br />

3.5 Facilitation guidelines 2<br />

3.5.1 Facilitation assumptions<br />

• Engagement in dialogue is the source of deeper understanding, meaningful decisions, and aligned action.<br />

• The facilitator responds in the context of emergent group needs by using the appropriate tools and process steps.<br />

3.5.2 The facilitator’s role<br />

• The facilitator has a role of being responsive to the group need’s for generating information, getting clarity, organizing information,<br />

sharing information, engaging in respectful dialogue, prioritizing and making decisions.<br />

• The facilitator supports, through the use of tools and process steps, the achievement of outcomes desired by the group.<br />

1 According to Rees, 1998.<br />

2 By Suzanne Winbauer Catana: Train the Trainer Workshop, October 2009.<br />

Supplemented by Karin Elena Sánchez, 2009<br />

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