Using Workshop Facilitation for Personal Development

After studying workshop facilitation I've discovered FOUR take-aways & lessons that I'm bringing into the business coaching and personal development space that are valuable and worth sharing with other workshop facilitators.

1️⃣ Brevity brings success FASTER 🚀

As a coach I demand my clients stay "out of the story" and bottom line their shares as unnecessary words cause confusion and keep them away from the white hot truth of their words. 

By using sticky-notes I'm enriching the process so they can SEE the wisdom they already posses (and that their personal "curse of knowledge" keeps them from noticing).

When they SEE their own bottom-lined wisdom they get unstuck – faster

2️⃣ Sailboat works every time ⛵️

Try it for yourself!

Choose an aspect of your personal life (or business) that you want to get curious about. Maybe it's "the last 6 months of your life", or "your most important relationship", or "the current status of your facilitation business".

Draw a sailboat on a sheet of paper. Grab your sticky's, follow the exercise, then consider going into a 10 for 10 for what's holding YOU back. 

Sailboat works EVERY TIME.

{No idea what Sailboat is? Let me know and I’ll make a video!}

3️⃣ The Effort Impact Scale is Very Impressive 🦄

Truth time... I've used the effort/impact scale in nearly every session, meeting, and pitch in the last 3 weeks and it always "wows".

Why?

Because we get so in the weeds with our lists, to-do's, duties, dreams, and distractions that we don't stop for 1 min and simply evaluate what we give our time and energy to through the lens of effort and impact.

Effort/Impact scale impressive because it's easy and effective. And excellent for locking in clients :)

{No idea what the effort/impact scale is? Let me know and I’ll make a video!}

4️⃣ Everyone hates meetings (for different reasons) 🤦🏼‍♀️

This common thread has shown up in all my conversations and pitches in the last few weeks.

However, people hate meetings for *different reasons*. And the reasons may surprise you! If you can discover WHY your team, colleagues, or potential client loath meetings – you'll easily convert them to doing a workshop instead.

Get curious and listen to exactly what they hate about meetings. Then repeat their exact words back to them for how your workshop eliminates the discomfort.