Team Development and Meeting Facilitation

Meetings with large groups of people are frequently more effective with the use of a trained, professional outside facilitator who does not have a stake in the outcome of the discussions. Our professional services dramatically help clients achieve more effective and time-efficient group meetings. 

Swire Solutions facilitators can design and lead group processes to ensure that meeting goals are achieved. Meeting facilitation can be especially useful if there is a large number of stakeholders or when dealing with controversial topics. 

Swire Solutions has provided facilitation assistance in both large-scale, US Government public meetings (over 500 people)  to smaller off-site retreats and strategic planning sessions for teams or divisions ranging from 5-20 people.  

Swire Solutions facilitation and team building services:   

  • Structure an appropriate agenda leading to success;
  • Clarify the objectives of the meetings;
  • Facilitate brainstorming and creative option generation among participants;
  • Create safety in the room to facilitate difficult conversations that need to occur in the group;
  • Utilize numerous, creative, techniques to encourage participants to actively work and communicate together;  
  • Identify of key stakeholders that need to be present;
  • Help keeping meetings on track regarding time objectives and efficient;  
  • Manage conflict between participants (inside and outside of the room);
  • Help the group reach decision by consensus, nominal group technique or other processes.  Documents results for future planning;
  • Increases team and group moral

Please contact Swire Solutions for additional information regarding our facilitation and team development services.

 





Wendy working with a group in Kenya

spacer
shadow shadow