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Description

Workshop Facilitation: Designing the Flow, Leading the Group and Reaching Decisions

Get a group to produce real output in half a day instead of adding yet another meeting that goes nowhere

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Bringing ten people into a room does not produce a decision. The same voices speak, the others wait for the end, and the workshop closes on a list of ideas that nobody picks up. The facilitator improvises the flow, gets drawn into the content and loses control of the clock. Meanwhile, the sponsor was expecting a usable output.

Two days to design a flow that starts from the expected deliverable, select working formats suited to each objective, hold your stance with difficult participants and close on decisions that are recorded. Every participant facilitates a sequence in front of the group.

Learning objectives

  • Define the brief with the sponsor before designing the workshop
  • Build a timed flow that leads to the expected deliverable
  • Select a production format suited to the objective of each sequence
  • Hold the facilitator stance without intervening on content
  • Close on recorded decisions and clearly assigned follow-up actions

What makes this programme different

A scoping grid completed on a workshop you genuinely have to facilitate
A set of production formats tested live over the two days
One sequence facilitated by each participant with group feedback on stance

Programme

1Scoping Before Facilitating

The brief determines the flow

  • Clarify the question put to the group and the expected deliverable
  • Check that the topic is genuinely open to collective decision
  • Select the participants and the level of prior information
  • Agree what will be done with the outputs after the workshop

2Designing the Flow

Divergence, convergence and timing

  • Sequence opening, production, convergence and closing
  • Balance individual work, sub-groups and plenary time
  • Select a format according to the objective: generate, prioritise or decide
  • Plan variants if the group is slower or larger than expected

3Facilitating and Holding Your Stance

Stay on process and let go of content

  • Set the working frame and the ground rules at the opening
  • Give an instruction the group can act on without ten reformulations
  • Manage the participant who dominates and the one who disengages
  • Keep to time without cutting off work in progress
  • Stay neutral on substance even when you hold a view

4Harvesting and Closing

From displayed output to a decision that is followed through

  • Drive convergence without settling for a weak consensus
  • Formalise decisions, owners and deadlines during the session
  • Write up the outputs in a reusable form
  • Organise follow-up and reporting back to the sponsor

Who is it for

Managers · project leaders · internal consultants and human resources officers who are required to facilitate collaborative working sessions

Prerequisites

Prior experience of leading meetings or working groups in a professional setting

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.