Facilitator -- Facilitative -- Which are YOU?

from Lynette =)

At our most recent training, as usual the question of how one can Facilitate and Participate throughout the LearningConnect process was asked.

We offer this very gentle reframing of the situation from which this question emerges -- how might I be facilitative in whatever role I am currently choosing? By shifting my awareness and attention from being only the Facilitator to being facilitative allows for many more possibilities.

We are not suggesting clearly defined roles are unimportant -- in fact, the more clearly defined your role is at any given point in the process, the better the process flows. You may choose to be a facilitative Team Leader, or a facilitative Team Member, and there are times when the team and the process will require a Facilitator. Remember, awareness and attention to what you are choosing and clearly communicating to your team will allow you to flex appropriately.