| Extreme Facilitation picks up where other books on the
topic leave off, to present a revolutionary method that helps large,
unwieldy, adversarial, and apparently dysfunctional groups achieve
consensus and reach objectives on divisive and contentious issues no
matter how long the group has been struggling.
Throughout the book, expert facilitator Suzanne Ghais shows how
extreme facilitation—which puts the emphasis on creativity,
flexibility, and customization—can change how group members
interact with one another and how participants view the issues even
in the most challenging and exceptionally difficult situations. Extreme
Facilitation covers the preparatory phases of the process, including
assessment, convening, and contracting. Ghais also offers vital information
on process design and tips for handling situations that many facilitators
find particularly challenging.
This groundbreaking book offers suggestions for the facilitator
who must cultivate a strong presence, trustworthiness, and creativity,
and have a clear understanding of the group's goals, needs, culture,
and external conditions, such as pressures, requirements, and constraints.
The extreme facilitator draws on a wide range of techniques that
are driven by the needs of the group, not by the techniques themselves.
To be truly effective, the facilitator must call on all of the group's
physical, intellectual, emotional, intuitive, creative, and spiritual
capacities.
Extreme Facilitation will help both experienced facilitators and
those new to the process become more confident and competent when
faced with the most daunting challenges.
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