Facilitation for Leaders
11th, 18th, 25th June & 2nd July 2026
10am - 12pm via Teams
£200 per participant
(£150 Early-bird rate available until 21st May)
Facilitation is increasingly recognised as one of the most powerful tools a leader has. Done well, it transforms how teams think, work and move forward together, creating the conditions for empowerment, motivation and real momentum, without the leader having to drive every bit of the effort.
You're already using it. Every team session, every away day, every meeting where something important needs to happen, that's facilitation. Most leaders have never been taught to do it well. It's one of those skills that's expected but rarely taught.
If you've ever felt any of these in the room, this course was built for you:
You leave team sessions feeling like you did all the work, and the team just turned up
You worry about keeping people engaged, especially the quiet ones and the cynics
You've run away days that felt fine on the day, but nothing changed afterwards
You're not sure how to structure a session so it actually goes somewhere
You wing it more than you'd like to admit, and hope for the best
This 4-week course will teach you how to design and deliver impactful group session that empower teams.
Session Breakdown
Session 1: You will learn to define the starting problem, purpose, and intended outcomes of a group session as the foundation for everything you design towards, so that you can design every session from a strong base, so that the structure flows and the outcome lands.
Session 2: You will learn to design a session structure that focuses a group on what matters and guides them progressively towards the outcome, so that you can move from driving the work to creating the conditions for your team to lead it.
Session 3: You will learn to understand participants' energy and contribution patterns so that you can shape your design and facilitation choices to keep engagement and momentum, so that you can read the room with confidence and adapt in the moment rather than losing the group.
Session 4: You will learn to deliver a session that recognises and responds to critical moments, whether conflict, difficulty, or natural momentum, so the group makes the most of them and still reaches the outcome you designed towards, so that you can leave every session knowing your team are energised to continue the work.
Key course takeaways:
A framework for designing a group session from scratch
A set of facilitation tools and techniques to use straight away
A personal session design worked on during the course
A WhatsApp community group for peer support after the course
A 1:1 follow-up session with Sarah, included in the cost, to support your individual facilitation needs, to be used within three months of the course ending
Course Logistics:
4 sessions on the following dates: Thursday 11th June; Thursday 18th June; Thursday 25th June; Thursday 2nd July.
Each session will run from 10am for 2 hours until 12pm.
The sessions will be run using Microsoft Teams, and you will be sent the link for each session prior to it starting. You do not need a Teams licence to join the sessions, but you will need access to:
A computer or laptop with access to the Internet
Microphone & speakers or a headset
A webcam so we can see each other
A quiet space to concentrate and participate (or as quiet as you can get, we understand life happens!)
A notebook and space to write/draw
About your facilitator…
Sarah has worked at different levels in the charity sector, from Membership Engagement Manager at a nation-wide charity to Director. In both roles, she recognised something: charities and values-led organisations work collaboratively with their members and beneficiaries. That collaborative work requires facilitation skills, but those skills weren't being taught.
So she sought them out herself. She brought collaboration tools and methodologies into her own work, learning what it took to facilitate effectively in the charity sector. She’s been in those rooms as a participant, a leader, and a facilitator. She knows what goes wrong and she knows what changes when you get it right.
This course is built from that experience. It's the facilitation toolkit she wishes she'd had earlier in her career, now distilled and structured for leaders like you.
Bringing Facilitation for Leaders in-house
This course is also available as a bespoke in-person programme for organisations who want to develop facilitation skills across their leadership team. If you'd like to explore an in-house option, get in touch to discuss your needs.