Consultant | Group Meeting Facilitator - Cody, WY

Consultant | Group Meeting Facilitator - Cody, WY

Group dynamics can be difficult 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/or 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 delivery of the final outputs that achieve stated mission objectives.

The Group Meeting Facilitator in Cody, WY will provide facilitation services to the Shoshone National Forest Leadership Team. The Forest Leadership Team (FLT) requires a facilitator to provide services for approximately one (1) meeting each month. The facilitator will work with Staff Officers, District Rangers and the Forest Supervisor to provide indirect or unobtrusive assistance, guidance, or supervision during FLT meetings.

The facilitator will help the team to work together better, understand their common objectives, and plan how to achieve these objectives, during meetings or discussions. In doing so, the facilitator will remain "neutral", meaning he/she does not take a particular position in the discussion.

Facilitate interaction among multi-party entities and representative bodies consisting of a balanced mix of diverse local and regional interests affected by and/or convened to contribute to varying project/taskforce 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.

• Coordination/Logistics Processes – support creation and/or 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. Introduce a variety of strategies to keep the process structured without interfering with group productivity. Following acceptance, pre-work is done includes interviewing program leadership, sub-group chairs, and meeting attendees to gain consensus on the topic/agenda for each program session
• Group Meeting Agendas – work with clients, meeting participants, and stakeholders to develop agendas (adequately estimated for time frames) that will achieve stated goals and objectives. When desired, and as needed, introduce dialog, decision-making, and other communication models and tools as part of the agenda or as just-in-time training to enhance the process and achieve desired results.
• Client Conference/Program Participation – select appropriate methods and tools that will enable…