Duration: 2 days
Day 1, 8 hours
Day 2, 8 hours

Who Should Attend: Union and management unit-based team co-leads, UBT consultants, LMP consultants, contract specialists, union partnership representatives and improvement advisers

Prerequisites: None
 
Course Description: Participants will learn core facilitation practices and will practice these skills and receive feedback from instructors. The participants will determine how facilitation skills are used in an LMP environment. Everyone in the workshop will keep an inventory of the skills presented and determine which skills need additional development beyond the workshop.

Objectives:

• Describe the role of the co-lead facilitator and the key elements of facilitation in a unit-based team
• Describe the phases of a meeting and the elements for effective planning for UBT meetings
• Practice individual facilitation skills, identifying personal strengths as well as areas for development
• Demonstrate facilitation skills through participation in meeting simulations
• Describe the characteristics of effective teams and practice addressing barriers to team effectiveness through assessment, diagnosis and intervention

Day One

• Knowledge of self
• Principles of LMP facilitation
• Group memory
• Contracting
• Activity: Contracting
• Planning a meeting

Day Two

• Opening a meeting
• Simulation 1: Contracting and ground rules
• Running a meeting
• Team charter
• Diagnosis and intervention
• Simulation 2: Diagnosis and intervention
• Closing a meeting

Pre-Work: None

To find out more about how to register for this class, speak to your local training contact. Please coordinate with your manager or UBT co-lead.