The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators,

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收藏 2015-08-20

When it was published in 1994, Roger Schwarz's The Skilled Facilitator earned widespread critical acclaim and became a landmark in the field. The book is a classic work for consultants, facilitators, managers, leaders, trainers, and coaches--anyone whose role is to facilitate and guide groups toward realizing their creative and problem-solving potential. This thoroughly revised edition provides the essential materials for anyone that works within the field of facilitation and includes simple but effective ground rules for group interaction. Filled with illustrative examples, the book contains proven techniques for starting meetings on the right foot and ending them positively and decisively. This important resource also offers practical methods for handling emotions when they arise in a group and offers a diagnostic approach for identifying and solving problems that can undermine the group process.

Editorial ReviewsReviewIn The Skilled Facilitator: Practical Wisdom For Developing Effective Groups, Roger Schwarz draws on his own extensive facilitation experience and insight to bring together theory and practice, creating a comprehensive reference for consultants, peer facilitators, mangers, leaders -- anyone whose role is to guide groups toward realization their creative and problem-solving potential. The Skilled Facilitator provides essential materials including simple but effective ground rules for governing group interaction; what to say to a group (and when to say it) to keep it on track and moving toward its goal, proven techniques for starting meetings on the right (and ending them positively and decisively), practical methods for handling emotions (particularly negative emotions) when they arise in a group context, and a diagnostic approach for helping both facilitators and group members identify and solve problems that can undermine the group process. The Skilled Facilitator provides a clearly defined set of basic principles to help facilitators develop sound, value-based responses to a wide range of unpredictable situations. It also includes advice on how to work with outside consultants and facilitate within one's own organizations, along with a groundbreaking section on facilitative leadership. The Skilled Facilitator is an excellent addition to any business or community library shelf. -- Midwest Book Review

From the Inside FlapAn outstanding guide for those working to help groups reach their full potential. Writing for consultants, peer facilitators and managers, the authors offer a comprehensive reference that pinpoints the skills needed to produce groups with high degrees of creativity and problem-solving capabilities. A groundbreaking section on facilitative leadership shows how expertly managed groups can improve the overall effectiveness of an organization, increase employee commitment, and improve company flexibility. Easy to follow and chock full of practical advice, this is the one book no one responsible for group development should be caught without.

From the Back CoverFor those working to help groups reach their creative and problem solving potential--including consultants, peer facilitators, and managers--this comprehensive reference identifies valuable skills and offers practical advice. In a groundbreaking section on facilitative leadership, the author shows how skilled management of groups can improve the overall effectiveness of an organization, increase employee commitment, sharped cooperative and problem solving skills, and improve company flexibility.

About the Author

ROGER SCHWARZ is an organizational psychologist and founder and president of Roger Schwarz & Associates, Inc., a consulting group that helps organizations use facilitative skills to create fundamental change. He facilitates groups and teaches, consults, coaches, and speaks on facilitation, facilitative leadership, and developing effective work groups. Schwarz is currently working on The Skilled Facilitator Fieldbook, to be published by Jossey-Bass. To learn more about Roger Schwarz & Associates, visit www.schwarzassociates.com.