Introduction
The Facilitative Leader empowers others to work together to achieve common goals.
The Seven Practices of Facilitative Leadership enable leaders to tap into the creativity and experience of those they work with.
Building agreement is a fundamental process underlying the Seven Practices of Facilitative Leadership.
Focus on Results, Process,
and Relationships
Facilitative Leaders balance their focus across three dimensions of success: results, process and relationship.
Facilitative Leaders clarify and communicate their success, using them to monitor work progress and balance their own focus.
The evaluation tool, "plus/delta", allows a team to continuously improve performance in each dimension of success.
Seek Maximum Appropriate Involvement
Selecting the appropriate level of involvement is a critical lever in the practice of empowering others to work together to achieve their goals.
Facilitative Leaders make conscious choices after weighing several factors.
Maximum appropriate involvement expands decision-making to "management of the decision-making process."
Facilitate Agreement
Collaboration begins with people choosing to work together.
Implementable decisions are made up of a series of small agreements.
Facilitative Leaders are flexible while keeping their eye on the goal.
Share an Inspiring Vision
Leaders make conscious choices about when and how to communicate their visions.
Leaders begin to create the future by the way they speak about their vision to others.
Practices of Facilitative Leadership can transform internal barriers into a positive force.
Design Pathways to Action
Facilitative Leaders set their teams up for success by describing the "big picture" and providing a framework for the planning process.
The Pathway to Action is a planning tool that encourages collaboration and maximum appropriate involvement.
Celebrate Accomplishment
Celebrating accomplishment builds a positive environment where people are inspired to contribute their best.
Authentic celebration is a matter of intention and attention, an ongoing conversation of appreciation between leaders and teams, and among peers.
Coach for Performance
Facilitative Leaders build an environment of trust and respect that encourages creative thinking and personal responsibility.
As a coach, the Facilitative Leader is receptive, flexible and strategic, aiming to satisfy all three dimensions of success.
Taking It Home
Facilitative Leaders have impact on their organizations by transforming their learning into action and by applying it directly to their work.
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