Roger M. Schwarz Books

The Skilled Facilitator Fieldbook is based on the sameproven principles outlined in Schwarz?s groundbreaking book. TheSkilled Facilitator Fieldbook is the next-step resourcethat offers consultants, facilitators, managers, leaders, trainers,coaches, and anyone that works within the field of facilitation,the tools, exercises, models, and stories that will help themdevelop sound responses to a wide range of challenging situations.The book spans the full scope of the successful SkilledFacilitator approach and includes information on how to getstarted and guidance for integrating the approach within existingorganizational structures and processes.

Today more than ever, groups play a critical role in the lives of effective organizations - empowering employees, generating needed change, and producing innovative solutions to complex problems. Skilled group facilitation is a resource such organizations cannot do without. In this book, Roger Schwarz draws on his own extensive facilitation experience and insight to bring together theory and practice, creating a comprehensive reference for consultants, peer facilitators, managers, leaders - anyone whose role is to guide groups toward realizing their creative and problem-solving potential. The book provides essential materials for facilitators, including simple but effective ground rules for governing group interaction; word-for-word examples, drawn from the author's own cases, of what to say to a group - and when to say it - to keep it on track and moving toward its goal; proven techniques for starting meetings on the right foot - and ending them positively and decisively; practical methods for handling emotions - particularly negative emotions - when they arise in a group context; and a diagnostic approach for helping both facilitators and group members identify and solve problems that can undermine the group process.

A proven approach for helping leaders and teams work together to achieve better decisions, greater commitment, and stronger results More than ever, effective leadership requires us to work as a team, but many leaders struggle to get the results they need.

This book offers a modern perspective on facilitation and consulting, emphasizing effective strategies to help groups achieve tangible results. It provides practical techniques and insights for facilitators and consultants, focusing on enhancing collaboration, engagement, and problem-solving within teams. By integrating updated methodologies, the author aims to empower professionals to navigate complex group dynamics and drive successful outcomes in various settings.

When it was published in 1994, Roger Schwarz's The SkilledFacilitator earned widespread critical acclaim and became alandmark in the field. The book is a classic work for consultants,facilitators, managers, leaders, trainers, and coaches--anyonewhose role is to facilitate and guide groups toward realizing theircreative and problem-solving potential. This thoroughly revisededition provides the essential materials for anyone that workswithin the field of facilitation and includes simple but effectiveground rules for group interaction. Filled with illustrativeexamples, the book contains proven techniques for starting meetingson the right foot and ending them positively and decisively. Thisimportant resource also offers practical methods for handlingemotions when they arise in a group and offers a diagnosticapproach for identifying and solving problems that can underminethe group process.