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Facilitative Leadership Certificate Program

Become a Certified Expert in Meeting Facilitation

Advance your career. Elevate your organization. Facilitation is no longer just a soft skill—it’s a strategic advantage. As workplaces grow more collaborative and fast-paced, the ability to guide productive meetings, resolve group tension, and drive alignment is in high demand. Certified facilitators are now recognized as critical contributors to team and organizational success.

  • Immersive, multi-session learning experience—including one-on-one coaching
  • Grounded in best practices aligned with IAF core competencies
  • Designed for real-world application with peer feedback and coaching

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Whether you’re a leader or an HR, Project Management or Change Management professional, the Facilitation First Certificate Program offers the depth, practice, and credibility you need to:

Improve Communication and Influence – Gain the tools to listen actively, surface unspoken concerns, synthesize input, and guide groups to consensus—all key skills for anyone who wants to be seen as a strong communicator and leader.

Prepare for Leadership Roles – Effective facilitation is a core leadership skill. Whether or not you hold a formal leadership title, being able to lead discussions, manage conflict, and gain buy-in positions you as a natural leader.

Enhance Your Professional Credibility A certification signals to peers, leaders, and clients that you possess verified expertise in leading effective meetings and group processes—an increasingly valued capability across industries.

Companies that invest in internal facilitation talent see improved meeting outcomes, faster decision-making, and greater cross-functional collaboration. This program helps you:

  • Improve Meeting ROI Across the Organization
  • Drive Faster and Better Decisions
  • Build a culture of clarity, inclusion and results-driven dialogue
  • Minimize reliance on external consultants

Foster a culture of clarity

Designed for Team Leaders, Project Managers, HR professionals, Consultants (Internal and External), Process Improvement/Change Management practitioners or anyone who must help a group to work collaboratively to achieve specific outcomes

Step 1: Two-Day Workshop/Four x Half-Day Virtual Workshop: Facilitating Meetings With Ease – The Fundamentals
  • Effective tools for designing any meeting
  • Practical decision-making tools and processes
  • Useful meeting management templates
  • Impactful conflict intervention techniques
Step 2: One-Day Workshop/Two x Half-Day Virtual Workshop: Facilitator Design Symposium
  • Tips for scoping outcomes with stakeholders prior to critical meetings
  • Understand and apply the Critical Design Elements
  • Simple yet effective techniques for developing a meeting process guide
  • Coaching and feedback on how to take your meeting structure and design from “good to great”
  • A deeper dive into Facilitation First’s most used and successful process designs
Step 3: One-Day Workshop / Two X Half-Day Virtual Workshop: Facilitating Through Conflict – Managing the Group
  • Understanding your conflict style and it’s impact on facilitating
  • Critical proactive conflict management techniques
  • Deeper dive into intervention strategies
  • Recognizing and dealing with resistance
Step 4: Facilitator Prep & Assessment
  • Candidates are required to identify a meeting opportunity at their work (or outside of work, e.g. a non-profit) and design and facilitate a virtual consensus building meeting which will be assessed by 3 attendees
  • Candidates will schedule an individual coaching call to review design and develop strategies for anticipated challenges
  • Candidates must achieve an average rating of 4/5 or higher to achieve Certification and can make up to 2 attempts in the 18 months following the last workshop
  • Candidates have 18 months to complete the program from date of last workshop
  • Candidates can participate in Facilitating Through Conflict prior to the Facilitator’s Design Symposium
StepProgram ElementFee
1Facilitating Meetings With Ease (Virtual Delivery)
4x ½ Day Workshop – The Fundamentals		$1,595
2Facilitator Design Symposium (Virtual Delivery)
2x 1/2 Day Workshop		$995
3Facilitating Through Conflict (Virtual Delivery)
2x 1/2 Day Workshop		$995
4Facilitator Prep & Assessment Session$600
Total$4,185
10% Discount If Full Program Paid in Advance$3,766

 

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