The Art of Facilitation: The Essentials for Leading Great Meetings and Creating Group Synergy

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Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited, Mar 1, 2012 - Business & Economics - 349 pages
World renowned facilitation, group and meetings dynamics guru explains how to run great meetings. Dr Dale Hunter's classic guide includes all the latest findings and research on facilitation. Written by an international expert, it's the go-to sourcebook for people involved in human resources, management, mediation, team leadership, performance management and individual and team coaching. If you're someone who is responsible for effective group and inter-personal dynamics, this is the Bible. "Interpersonal dynamics can unravel the best of managerial intentions. Worse still, a little knowledge in untrained hands can lead to managers manufacturing consent and manipulating people to agree to management goals. Hunter’s book is a sobering reminder of how many managers, directors and business leaders are stumbling about in the dark with very few skills when it comes to unlocking individual and group potential. ... The Art of Facilitation will sit comfortably on the bookshelf of anyone wanting to learn more about harnessing group energy to attain a common goal." Ruth le Pla, Management Magazine, May 2007
 

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Part 2
Facilitation and the client 2 Cooperative processes in organisations
Facilitator ethics
A sustainable society
Facilitation and therapeutic groupwork
Facilitation online
Mapping the field of facilitation
Part 3

Making interventions
Shifting levels
Dialogue and storytelling
Getting to consensus
Addressing conflict
Facilitator education
Training programme
Processes
Design frameworks
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Dale Hunter is a leading international expert on facilitation. In 1993 she was one of the founders of Zenergy which specialises in facilitation, mediation, coaching and facilitator training. She grew up in Waimauku and now lives in Mt Eden and at Earthsong Eco Neighbourhood in Ranui

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