Conflict Alchemy

Planning and preparation are so important to effective facilitation yet even in spite of our most thorough preparation, we can never predict with absolute certainty, when the humans in the room may find themselves confronting some “speed bumps”. These can emerge from external forces (we learn someone can’t make the meeting) or internally because of dynamics in the room. As unpredictable as humans can be (exponentially so when you put them together) there are some challenges that as facilitators we can expect to see on occasion. Having some tools and strategies handy when these come up can help us feel as we are grounded enough to be able to better serve the group by helping them through these.