Consultant | Group Meeting Facilitator - Atlanta, GA

• Full-time

Pro Sidian is looking for Great People Who Lead at all levels in the organization. Are you a talented professional ready to deliver real value to clients in a fast-paced, challenging environment? Pro Sidian Consulting is looking for professionals who share our commitment to integrity, quality, and value.

Pro Sidian is a management and operations consulting firm with a reputation for its strong national practice spanning six Enterprise Solution Areas including Risk Management, Energy & Sustainability, Compliance, Business Process, IT Effectiveness, and Talent Management. We help clients improve their operations.

Linking strategy to execution, Pro Sidian assists client leaders in maximizing company return on investment capital through the design and execution of operations core to delivering value to customers. Visit or follow the company on Twitter at for more information.

Group dynamics can be complicated at best when critical decisions need to be made. A Group Meeting Facilitator interacts with groups that need coaching to work productively as a team to reach a common goal. The group meeting facilitator guides discussions of the topics laid out in group meetings and project/taskforce initiatives agenda, with the purpose of moving the team towards a common goal.

A skilled Group Meeting Facilitator fosters collaboration and teamwork and manages conflict among team members. The Pro Sidian Consultant | Group Meeting Facilitator, will coordinate, lead, and support all phases of team meetings to ensure progression and completion of work as well as supports the Global Project Lead (GPL) And Project Team, and is accountable for the quality, timeliness, and effectiveness of group meetings and/or project/taskforce initiatives and ends with the delivery of the final outputs that achieve stated mission objectives.

The job of a "Group Meeting Facilitator" is more of the "conductor" than a participant throughout the Program Period. The Pro Sidian Group Meeting Facilitator shall serve as a consultant to clients across private companies, fortune 1,000 enterprises, and government agencies of all sizes. You direct the flow and energy throughout the program period. You observe participants' body language, listening carefully to what they say, drawing out those members who are not speaking, and gently moving group meetings and project/taskforce initiatives along when a member monopolizes a conversation.

The Pro Sidian Group Meeting Facilitator shall work with and help groups, such as business teams, advisory boards, emergency action task forces, working groups, strategy planning teams, and community organizations with representatives who may have differences in perspectives, cultures, backgrounds, and shaped viewpoints to solve problems and improve operations through a structured approach to strategic solutions. The group meeting facilitator serves as the process manager for getting past obstacles so that the group can communicate effectively.

Running a successful meeting will help clients and stakeholders operate efficiently, provide experience for all members, and drive towards successful outcomes from group meetings and project/task force initiatives.

Facilitate interaction among multi-party entities and representative bodies consisting of a balanced mix of diverse local and regional interests affected by and convened to contribute to varying project/task force initiatives. Enable participative discussions and learning among group members, allowing them to express and present different opinions while maintaining a respectful environment. Pro Sidian's consultative meeting facilitation service blends that depth of understanding with our unique expertise.

Our proven, seven-step process introduces ways to link your vision, goals, and initiatives to your meeting agenda and helps you achieve your desired outcome.

The Pro Sidian difference: local to global | extensively researched practice | deep content and process expertise | comprehensive engagement - scope and configuration management, Pre-planning, in-meeting facilitation, and post-meeting follow-up

• Coordination/Logistics Processes – support creation and revision of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and manage/support all aspects of meeting scheduling (location, venue, and time) in accordance with established guidelines, standards, and principles. Develop and support the approval of individualized Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&M) incorporating requirements of program leadership, sub-group chairs, and meeting attendees. The plan shall be designed to capitalize on the strengths while ensuring coordination of both professionally based principles and support tools, technology, and processes.
• Topic/Agenda Acceptance – work with groups to clarify meeting content, objectives, and to establish ground rules that govern behavior. Review information from previous meetings and develop agenda/desired outcomes. Follow up on action items.…