Facilitator
"Great facilitator, capable of helping you to reach new heights - but always with a focus on practicality and implementation. Jim knows that it is what gets done that matters - not what gets said or thought!
Mike Chitty, MD Realise Development and Leading Enterprise Development Commentator
A good facilitator will make your meetings far more productive and enjoyable. A better facilitator will also make sure that the ground is set for action when you leave the room!
Whatever you want, I've had the experience of working with people from every walk of life - from caretakers down to Members of Parliament! I've managed tricky politics, made dull subjects exciting and always keep an eye on the business outcomes.
Group Facilitator
We can help you to use your precious time together to achieve high value objectives. Perhaps you want to:
- Draft a strategic and practical plan in times of change
- Work as a top team to achieve strategic alignment
- Work on a specific opportunity, problem or major issue and come out with an action plan
- Progress sticky projects through honest and constructive review coupled with innovation
- Critically Review the year so you can do more of what works and less of what doesn't
- Increase the participation and contribution of the management team
- Increase co-orindination and co-operation so that teams are pulling together
- Development of a functional specification for a new IT System and Web Site
"I have worked with Jim over many years; he has the genuine ability to enthuse and motivate individuals and teams to excellence. He is an absolute pleasure to work with and is innovative, totally reliable, very approachable and open to new ideas at all times. I can't recommend Jim highly enough."
Sarah Wearing, CEO, The Art of Balance
Team Facilitation
Take the opportunity to build the company's identity, sense of achievement and momentum. A company away day can achieve all that and more. Here are some of the things we have done with company away-days:
- A planning simulation for 270 people
- Awards ceremonies - as compere - fun and motivational, building the culture
- Town Hall Meetings - where everyone gathers
- Open Space Meetings - an "unconference" where the talent of the room combines with a democratic approach to deliver stunning levels of engagement.
- Real Time Planning Events
- Customer and Supplier Dialogue sessions for problem solving and deepening relationships.
- Q&A with the Board and SMT
- Wellbeing conference - 10 health practitioners to provide staff with anti-stress tools
- Real-time problem solving on 10 major issues
- Strategic Planning with 87 people
- Dialogue and Democracy - use of voting systems (a la Who Wants to Be A Millionaire) to work with opinions
"Jim is the most talented group facilitator I know. One of his clients even moved the date of their national conference, just so they could ensure they got to use Jim. He's the best in the business at getting buy-in, and is a master of guiding people through attitude change. When Jim facilitates an event, it's enjoyable, engaging and impactful."
Resli Costabell, International Keynote Speaker and top Trainer
Facilitating Collaboration
In this age of joint ventures, stakeholder groups and formal or informal partnerships, we have worked with companies to provide the following:
- Strategic Planning framework for 11 stakeholder groups used in 2-day planning conference
- Solving problems arising from a leading Partnering contract between two departments and a service provider
- Assisted nine organisations to develop a plan to create a single set of services prior to a merger
- Assisted six departments to design and co-ordinate the delivery of two key services - quickly and economically
