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Introduction :
Today’s employee is young, dynamic and AI-aware, wants speed and growth, and expects to be heard, valued, and coached rather than directed by the manager or just left to learn on their own by making mistakes.
This 2-day, in-person workshop takes Managers and Leaders on a journey from being Directive Leaders to becoming Facilitative Leaders.
This workshop explores the magic of facilitation in hosting meetings, discussions and sessions with team-members, helping leaders promote high engagement by selecting the right facilitation method for the moment. It builds psychological safety, invites diverse voices, and converges those voices into meaningful, co-owned outcomes.
The wonder of facilitation is that even if the methods are followed in the way they are designed, the leader’s behaviours automatically move towards inclusiveness and openness thus making the team-members feel heard, valued & respected.
This workshop focuses on 3 key constructs to create impact: Mindset (Directive vs. Facilitative Leader), Method (a repertoire of facilitation tools), and Mastery (practising and receiving feedback on live facilitation).
Workshop Outline:
- Being a Facilitative Leader: Directive vs. Facilitative
- Uncovering ourselves as Managers & Leaders: positions, relatability and diversity
- 7+ facilitation methods: Brainstorming, Gallery Walk, 2×2 Matrix, Rating Scale, World-Café, and more
- Practice Lab: Teach-backs, with peer facilitation and feedback
- Facilitating Virtual Meetings: using platforms (Teams/Zoom) and free e-tools (Padlet, wheels, clouds) effectively
Who Should Attend?
- Managers & Leaders
- Management looking to shift from a directive to a facilitative style of leadership
- Supervisors who manage teams that are young and dynamic.
- High-Potential employees preparing for greater team leadership responsibility
Key Benefits of Attending / Key Takeaways:
- Understand the shift from Directive Leader to Facilitative Leader, and its impact on team engagement
- Experience, reflect on and learn at least 7 facilitative methods to use back in the workplace
- Build psychological safety in meetings through proven facilitation tools and debrief methods
- Demonstrate facilitation in a live Practice Lab and receive structured feedback
- Learn to facilitate virtual meetings confidently using platforms and free e-tools
Methodology:
- Facilitated Discussions & Table Discussions
- Experiential Activities & Facilitation Frameworks
- Facilitated Debrief
- Practise Lab with Peer Feedback
Facilitator: Ajit Kamath, Leadership Trainer, Facilitator & Storytelling Export
Ajit Kamath has been lecturing, training & facilitation since 1993.
He delivers programs primarily for senior & mid-level leadership across industries. With an extensive experience in conceptualizing & delivering leadership, managerial, supervisory training and process facilitation interventions based on organizational needs, issues and ongoing challenges, his work spreads over a spectrum of industries that include banking, insurance, financial, manufacturing, FMCG, telecommunications, IT and consulting sectors.
Ajit has facilitated workshops for companies like Pidilite, Philips, Signify, HSBC, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Asian Paints, Edelweiss Tokio, ICICI Securities, ICICI Lombard, Unilever, Sodexo, Pfizer, GSK, Abbott, Tiger Analytics, Piramal Finance and many more helping them increase the leadership and people management capability and developing the next generation leaders.
He also teaches Facilitation Skills at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) for the OD & Change Leadership department for their Executive MBA and MAOD program.
Ajit uses Theater, Drama & Story-Telling in his work unleashing concepts such as Improv, Forum Theatre, Role Modeling etc. in his deliveries.
Ajit has worked at British Council – West India, Wizards Entertainment and earlier for his family-owned business. He has also written for newspapers such as The Times of India, The Sunday Observer and the Sunday Mid-Day.
Ajit is a co-founder of the India Chapter of community-based International Association of Facilitators (AF-India) and has also been accredited as a CPF Master (Certified Professional Facilitator – Master level).
