LEARN · FACILITATIVE LEADERSHIP
Lead with clarity, care and shared responsibility.
For leaders, educators, facilitators, therapists and anyone who brings people together.
Facilitative Leadership is about creating the conditions for people to participate, contribute and take ownership. Rather than needing to have every answer or control every step, you learn how to guide a group with clarity, curiosity and care.
This area brings together the foundations of facilitation, practical leadership skills, inclusive session design and ways of adapting to the people in front of you.
It supports a leadership style that is collaborative, human-centred and responsive: one that makes space for different voices while still providing direction, structure and accountability.
This may be for you if…
- You lead meetings, teams, classes or community groups but sometimes feel unsure how to bring everyone into the conversation.
- Decisions feel unclear, participation is uneven or people do not feel heard.
- You want to move away from a top-down style of leading without losing direction or accountability.
- You want to build more trust, psychological safety and shared responsibility.
- You are developing your facilitation practice and want a strong foundation.
What you develop
What you'll walk away with.
Practical skills and confidence you can use with your next group.
Confidence in holding space and guiding group processes.
Practical facilitation skills for opening, guiding and closing sessions.
The ability to design inclusive, practice-based learning experiences.
Strategies for creating environments where people feel able to participate.
Ways to adapt activities and approaches to different groups and contexts.
A clearer understanding of your own leadership and facilitation style.
TOPIC SELECTION
Choose the topics that fit your group.
Available online or in person, as a workshop, short course, training day or longer programme.
- Workshop
- Short course
- Training day
- Longer programme
Facilitative Leadership Introduction
Facilitation Fundamentals
Key Facilitation Skills
Designing Inclusive and Practice-Based Sessions
Creating Inclusive and Nurturing Environments
Adapting Activities to Different Groups
Kind words
From people who've trained with me.
…the workshop had clear directives and outcomes and was thoughtfully planned out to achieve these goals. Very impressed with your facilitation skills Elana! … You made everyone feel welcome, connected and engaged in the workshop from start to finish.
The way the facilitator held the space, and was open but also led the participants throughout the session. Giving time for discussion but also ensuring that everyone had equal time.
Within small group working she was more than able to balance leading with extracting participants' ideas and giving them space to explore their own creativity, in a really comfortable manner.
Elana was so involved and knew how to make us collaborate even though we were from different countries. I would always attend her courses again! The ratio between theory and practice was perfect.
The trainer, Elana, gave the necessary time to each of the participants to understand the new concepts, to complete the tasks and she greatly supported the collaboration and interaction between the participants.
Elana did a fantastic job. The course was very relevant and she made a great effort to ensure everyone was involved throughout the course.
Bring facilitative leadership to your work.
Whether it's just for you or for your whole team, let's talk about what you need.