Personal and Business Competencies / Management Skills

Advanced Facilitation — Leading Group Processes

An advanced training in facilitation — designing and leading group processes in which the team reaches its own solutions. The programme covers the facilitator's role and neutrality, designing the agenda, a repertoire of techniques (Liberating Structures, World Café, 1-2-4-All) and working with difficult situations and tension in the group. Based on intensive live facilitation exercises with feedback.

Facilitation is a competency that turns meetings and workshops into genuinely productive teamwork — the facilitator is responsible for the process while staying neutral on the content the group develops on its own.

Advanced Facilitation — Leading Group Processes is a two-day practical EITT training, delivered onsite or remotely. The programme is intended for people with experience running workshops and meetings who want to develop facilitation as a distinct discipline.

The training programme covers the key areas:

The facilitator’s role and process design
A repertoire of facilitation techniques
Working with the group and difficult situations
Facilitation practice and development

After completing the training, participants will be able to design and lead a group process from the goal to agreed conclusions, consciously match techniques to the situation and work with the dynamics and tension in a group. Particular emphasis is placed on practical exercises — participants facilitate live sessions and then analyze them based on recordings and feedback.

The training makes it possible to build an authentic personal facilitation style and broaden the repertoire of methods with proven structures that engage every participant — from strategy workshops, through retrospectives, to problem-solving sessions.

Benefits

Participants will learn to design a group process — from the goal and agenda to reaching agreed conclusions
The training will reinforce the facilitator's role and neutrality and distinguish it from the trainer's and moderator's roles
The workshop will expand the repertoire of facilitation techniques with proven structures that engage every participant
Participants will practise managing group dynamics, time and energy and working with difficult situations
The training will develop the ability to defuse tension and moderate disagreement
Participants will build their own facilitation style based on practice and feedback

Prerequisites

Experience in running workshops, meetings or team sessions
Knowledge of the basics of group dynamics and decision-making processes
Openness to intensive practical exercises with recording and feedback

Training program

Facilitation vs training and moderation — differences and neutrality
Designing a group process from goal to decision
Matching methods to the goal and the size of the group
Preparing the space, materials and roles

Liberating Structures in business practice
World Café, Lean Coffee and 1-2-4-All
Prioritization and decision-making techniques
Visualizing the group's work (board, Miro, Mural)

Managing the dynamics, time and energy of the group
Defusing tension and moderating disagreement
Working with dominant and withdrawn participants
Sustaining engagement and returning to the goal

Facilitating live sessions with participants
Recording segments and analysis
360° feedback from the group
Building an individual style and a library of methods

Delivery Methods

Online

Convenience of participating from anywhere
Interactive live sessions with trainer
Materials available for 30 days
No travel costs

On-site

Direct contact with trainer and group
Intensive hands-on workshops
Networking with other participants
Full focus on learning

Frequently asked questions

Who is the Advanced Facilitation — Leading Group Processes training for?

The training is aimed at people who run workshops, strategy sessions and team meetings and want to develop their facilitation skills — facilitators, managers, leaders, Scrum Masters and consultants. Required level: advanced (experience running workshops or meetings).

How long is the Advanced Facilitation — Leading Group Processes training?

The training lasts 2 days. Delivered online or onsite, with an emphasis on intensive practical exercises and feedback.

Will I receive a certificate after the training?

Yes — every participant receives a certificate of completion confirming the competencies acquired. EITT holds ISO 9001 accreditation.

Can the training be delivered for a closed group?

Yes — we offer dedicated in-house trainings for companies. We adapt the programme to your team's needs. Contact us for an individual quote.