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The Skilled Facilitator (Hardcover)
by Roger Schwarz
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Facilitation, Group facilitation, Training, Meeting management |
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Full of practical wisdom for developing effective groups, this book should be required reading for all facilitators. |
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Author: Roger Schwarz
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 2 edition
Pub. in: June, 2002
ISBN: 0787947237
Pages: 432
Measurements: 9.7 x 7.2 x 1.4 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA01395
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0787947231
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The skilled facilitator introduces a facilitation approach that is based on 4 core values: Valid information, Free and informed choice, internal commitment and compassion. Most of the work on the values are based on the work of Chris Argyris and his work on Organizational Learning.
One of the key-points in the book is that most people work with a unilateral control theory-in-use. This will automatically make their facilitation in-efficient eventhough they do not realize it. The skilled facilitator approach is to try to move away from this theory-in-use and move to a "mutual learning" theory-in-use in which the facilitator tries to maximize the learning for him and his participants. The four core values provide a basis for that. Next to the core values there are 9 ground rules which are concrete enough to really act upon.
Most of the book explains the ideas behind the core values and the ground rules and shows how the ground rules influence your facilitation. This is done with scenarios in which the author shows a normal approach and a skilled facilitator alternative approach.
The book ends with a wonderful chapter on "the facilitative leader", which shows how you can combine the skilled facilitator values and ground rules and your role as a leader within the organization. This chapter alone would have been worth the book already.
(From quoting Bas Vodde, Singapore)
Target readers:
All facilitators who aspire facilitation excellence.
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Roger Schwarz is an organizational psychologist and founder and president of Roger Schwarz Associates, Inc. a consulting group that helps organizations use facilitative skills to create fundamental change. He facilitates groups and teaches, consults, coaches, and speaks on facilitation, facilitative leadership, and developing effective work groups. Schwarz is currently working on The Skilled Facilitator Fieldbook, to be published by Jossey-Bass.
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From Publisher
When it was published in 1994, Roger Schwarz's The Skilled Facilitator earned widespread critical acclaim and became a landmark in the field. The book is a classic work for consultants, facilitators, managers, leaders, trainers, and coaches--anyone whose role is to facilitate and guide groups toward realizing their creative and problem-solving potential. This thoroughly revised edition provides the essential materials for anyone that works within the field of facilitation and includes simple but effective ground rules for group interaction. Filled with illustrative examples, the book contains proven techniques for starting meetings on the right foot and ending them positively and decisively. This important resource also offers practical methods for handling emotions when they arise in a group and offers a diagnostic approach for identifying and solving problems that can undermine the group process.
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Peter M. Senge, author, The Fifth Discipline, USA
<2008-06-07 00:00>
Everyone wants to be a facilitator: consultants, managers, even teachers. What is desperately needed is a common, practical reference for understanding facilitation in diverse professional settings. No one has done a better job than Roger Schwarz of synthesizing the major theoretical underpinnings and translating them into clear, usable guidelines for practitioners. |
Nadine Bell, past chair of the International Association of Facilitators, USA
<2008-06-07 00:00>
The Skilled Facilitator has always been an outstanding resource for new and seasoned facilitators, managers, and organizational leaders. The additions and enhancements in the revised edition make this well-written book a must for anyone who works with groups. Roger is an exceptional consultant and inspirational teacher who walks his talk. |
Geoffrey Bellman, author of The Consultant's Calling, USA
<2008-06-07 00:00>
This book replaces about a dozen that I have on my shelf. It has become the book on facilitation that aspiring and accomplished consultants should read. |
Peter Block, author, Flawless Consulting and Stewardship, USA
<2008-06-07 00:00>
The Skilled Facilitator has many good tips and practical suggestions to help everybody be a better facilitator, which is the task for all of us.
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