The Facilitator Excellence Handbook or Politics

The Facilitator Excellence Handbook

Author: Fran Rees

This is the thoroughly revised and updated edition of the best-selling The Facilitator Excellence Handbook. Written for both new and experienced facilitators, the second edition of The Facilitator Excellence Handbook offers a comprehensive guide for understanding the full range of skills, processes, and knowledge needed to become an effective facilitator.  The book addresses a variety of facilitation opportunities, challenges, and problems and also contains

• A variety of verbal and nonverbal facilitation techniques

• Step-by-step facilitation processes and tools

• Information on how to facilitate conflict resolution in groups and how to facilitate difficult situations

• Instructions for designing and leading group work

• Examples of how various levels of facilitator competency are called for in different types of groups

• Techniques for facilitating meetings, teams, virtual teams, and organization-wide projects

• Discussions on the art of facilitating and what makes a great facilitator

Table of Contents:

	Introduction : getting the most from this resource	1
Pt. 1	Overview of facilitation	9
Ch. 1	Facilitation in organizations today	11
Ch. 2	Role of the facilitator	23
Pt. 2	Basic facilitation skills	31
Ch. 3	Verbal techniques : what to say	33
Ch. 4	Nonverbal techniques : what to do	51
Ch. 5	Recording techniques	75
Ch. 6	Reading the group	97
Ch. 7	Facilitating consensus	111
Pt. 3	Facilitator methods and tools	117
Ch. 8	Generating and organizing material	121
Ch. 9	Ranking and evaluating material	151
Ch. 10	Facilitating difficult situations	179
Ch. 11	Facilitating conflict resolution	191
Pt. 4	Designing effective facilitations	211
Ch. 12	How to design a facilitation	213
Ch. 13	Organizing and enhancing group work	235
Ch. 14	Opening and closing activities	249
Pt. 5	The facilitator in action	259
Ch. 15	Levels of facilitator competency	261
Ch. 16	Facilitating meetings	285
Ch. 17	Facilitating teams	315
Ch. 18	Facilitating virtual teams	337
Ch. 19	Facilitating organization-wide projects	349
Pt. 6	Facilitator excellence	359
Ch. 20	Managing yourself	361
Ch. 21	The art of facilitating	375
Ch. 22	What makes a great facilitator?	381

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Politics

Author: Aristotl

The Politics is one of the most influential texts in the history of political thought, and it raises issues which still confront anyone who wants to think seriously about the ways in which human societies are organized and governed. By examining the way societies are run--from households to city states--Aristotle establishes how successful constitutions can best be initiated and upheld.
For this edition, Sir Ernest Barker's fine translation, which has been widely used for nearly half a century, has been extensively revised to meet the needs of the modern reader. The accessible introduction and clear notes examine the historical and philosophical background of the work and discuss its significance for modern political thought.