Welcome. Here's where to start.
Start with the Workshop Map to organize your experience choose your focus for any session and communicate it clearly with your room.
- DAY 1Introduction
- DAY 2Creating Alignment
- DAY 3Sharing Information
- DAY 4Generating Solutions
- DAY 5Making Decisions
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Over the past 10 years we've trained professionals and senior leaders from Apple, Nike and The World Bank.
Your role requires you to lead groups
You learned to facilitate on the job, but you want to be more effective. Below are situations that our members deal with consistently.
4 of our 285 alumni from 40+ countries
- The off-siteThe leadership off-site where the most senior person sets the tone.
- The strategy roomThe strategy workshop where hierarchy decides what gets said.
- The conveningGovernment, NGOs and the private sector on a topic they disagree on.
- The kick-offThe client kick-off where everyone pictures a different project.
- The global callA team across 8 countries, where saving face beats saying it.
- The weekly meetingA good conversation every week that changes nothing.
- Good session, but actually nothing changes.
- The dialogue is rich, but not advancing.
- I facilitated by default.
- My kit is too limited for the work that's required.
RenéFacilitation is the most direct path to professional growth I know
Every time you step in front of a group, you practice leadership in its most immediate form: communicating clearly, holding tension, navigating disagreement, and knowing when to push and when to pause.
Facilitation is an essential skill for any professional who wants to exercise or distribute authority. Unlike a presentation, you cannot predict how the room will respond. You have to listen, adapt, and make decisions in the moment.
That uncertainty is what makes facilitation uncomfortable. But it's also what makes it such a powerful path to growth. The more you practice guiding people through uncertainty, the more confident you become in leading people at every level.
You'll get inspired by cases around the globe
Our live cohorts showcase global workshop cases from 285 alumni in 40+ countries.
"An atmosphere was created in which one felt like being there live. A group feeling developed in which there were also lively discussions and exchanges."Nadine Wenzinger, Technical Advisor, Comundo
- TokyoJapanA partner summit for 60-70 executives from across Asia-Pacific
- Washington DCUSAA 1-day workshop at a national convening of 800+ stakeholders
- ZurichSwitzerlandWeekly decisions with a product president and 6-7 VPs
- SingaporeSingaporeA purpose workshop for 20 senior managers, 2 levels below the CEO
- MelbourneAustraliaExecutive off-sites where trust has broken down
- Hong KongChinaLeadership workshops for multinationals across Asia
- PhiladelphiaUSAA 2-day product workshop with 20 people from different teams
- MontréalCanadaDesigning a 3-day company-wide year-end retreat
- ScotlandUKStrategy and org-design workshops in a merged health body
- DublinIrelandA new advisory group of up to 40 patient contributors
- AbidjanCôte d'IvoireA leadership workshop for about 30 top managers
- LarnacaCyprusA 2-day, 14-hour training for staff from several companies
- JeddahSaudi ArabiaWeekly sessions for a 40-person finance and operations team
- AmmanJordanStrategy sessions for community organising campaigns
- New YorkUSAWeekly team and monthly department meetings at an environmental nonprofit
Here's where to start.
The Workshop Map is the foundation for leading groups with confidence. It helps you prevent difficult situations and deliver high-stakes workshops with clarity.
- DAY 1Introduction
- DAY 2Creating Alignment
- DAY 3Sharing Information
- DAY 4Generating Solutions
- DAY 5Making Decisions
Free. Access the map and get 5 email lessons.