DATE
28-29 March 2026
FORMAT
offline, Kyiv
10, Dobrovolchykh Batalioniv St.
SPEAKERS
Liudmyla Melnyk
Olga Babiy
COST
18500 UAH
This course combines basic and advanced facilitation practices with elements of emotional intelligence, strategic planning and communication management to create teams that achieve exceptional results.
Course structure:
1. Facilitation as a tool for decision-making and communication within the team
Tasks that facilitation solves
Common understanding of the context, goals and objectives
Team decision-making
Involvement of team members in the implementation of decisions
Increasing the motivation and responsibility of employees
The role of the facilitator. The difference between the role of a facilitator and the role of a manager
Rules of facilitation
When facilitation is most useful
When a leader can use facilitation:
– Employee development in 1-on-1 meetings
– Conducting operational meetings
– Conducting project meetings
– Holding strategic meetings
2. Facilitation design: step by step
Facilitation techniques for managers
ORIP focused conversation techniques
Tools for working with groups
Techniques for collecting and structuring ideas
3. Advanced facilitation techniques and integration into management
Analysis of the current situation.
Historical scanning
Current reality tree to identify system limitations
Strategic facilitation
Development of roadmaps and strategic plans
Building scenarios
4. Tools for engaging and activating participants
Understanding group dynamics
How to recognise the stages of team development (Tuckman Model).
Creating an environment of trust and open dialogue, managing emotions in group dialogue.
Working with different roles in the group (leaders, sceptics, observers), managing the mind, will and emotions.
Working with different styles of thinking and communication – roles in communication, transactional analysis
Bringing people to agreement
Techniques for dealing with difficult situations during the session
5. Practice of reflection and feedback
How to analyse the success of a facilitation session
Tools for getting constructive feedback
THIS COURSE IS FOR
- Managers in public and corporate administration who make collective decisions and lead teams.
- Middle and senior managers in the commercial sector interested in effective teamwork, strategic decision-making and change management.
- Civil servants and representatives of local governments who organise strategic sessions, public discussions, and interdepartmental interaction.
- HR directors and HR specialists who build corporate culture, support team engagement and leadership development.
- Project and programme managers who work with cross-functional or multi-sectoral teams.
- Community leaders, facilitators, and mediators who work with dialogues, community planning, or social change.
- Members of councils at various levels who engage in dialogues with constituents, stakeholders and other political actors.
- Communications and strategic development experts who organise sessions for discussion, planning or consensus building.
Speakers
Liudmyla Melnyk
Liudmyla Melnyk
Facilitator, business coach, consultant, 24 years of experience
Author of the courses ‘Conflict: Facilitation Tools for Facilitators and Managers’, ‘TOC Approach and TOC Tools for Company Management and Management Decision Making’, ‘Scenario Building and Scenario Planning’.
Olga Babiy
Olga Babiy
Facilitator, business trainer, consultant
Course objectives:
To help managers master facilitation practices to increase the effectiveness of teamwork, collective decision-making and process management in the face of change.
To provide participants with knowledge about facilitation tools (analysis, planning), methods of working with group dynamics, as well as practices for developing trust and involving teams in the implementation of goals, objectives and breakthrough solutions.
We recommend this course to those who want to:
- make effective collective decisions in the face of diversity of opinions and positions;
- increase team engagement and create an atmosphere of trust and cooperation;
- conduct meetings, strategic sessions and conferences that lead to clear decisions and responsibility for their implementation;
- turn conflicts into dialogue and learn to work with resistance in groups;
introduce facilitation tools into management practice; - create visions, goals and development roadmaps together with the team;
- build sustainable teams that are capable of self-regulation and self-development;
- moderate discussions professionally;
- gain practical skills in dealing with group dynamics and difficult situations.
THE COST OF TRAINING
10, Dobrovolchykh batalyoniv Str., Kyiv
18500 UAH
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