Facilitation skills can help you thrive in your HR/People career. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Fay is joined by Kirsty Lewis, Founder of the School of Facilitation (SOF) who generously shares valuable insights, tips, and resources for honing facilitation skills. Listen to this episode to learn:

• What facilitation is
• The difference between facilitation and training
• How facilitation skills can help your HR career
• Practical tips on facilitating or running an online workshop (to make it as effective and engaging as possible)
• How to develop facilitation skills
• Recommendations for further learning & helpful resources

Useful Links

• Connect with Fay on LinkedIn
• Fay’s website: Bright Sky Career Coaching
• Connect with Kirsty on LinkedIn
• Kirsty’s website: School of Facilitation
• The Essential HR Planner

Resources Mentioned During the Episode

• Liberating Structures
• Sessionlab (this is Kirsty’s affiliate link)
• Miro – online collaboration tool
• Mural – online collaboration tool
• Never Done Before
• L&D Shakers
• Butter
• The High Performance Podcast

 

Buy the Book Recommendations

(Disclosure: the book links are affiliate links which means that Fay will receive a small commission from Amazon if you make a purchase through them)

• The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, by Priya Parker
• Neuroscience for Learning and Development, by Stella Collins

Other Relevant HR Coffee Time Episodes

Episode 94: Summer reads: 3 great books to help your HR career

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You can find the transcript on this page of the Bright Sky Career Coaching website.

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