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)

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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