Facilitating Meetings

Strategic Performance Group specializes in designing and facilitating meetings that deliver results. We frequently facilitate staff retreats, team development sessions, focus groups, strategic offsites and meetings with multiple constituents (e.g., public agencies and community-based organizations). We work closely with our clients to clarify desired outcomes, set realistic agendas and create structures that support full engagement and participation. We add value to the process through professional assessment, planning, preparation, facilitating and follow through.

SPG partners and associates offer a substantial base of knowledge in areas that include group development and process, conflict resolution, organizational systems and development, dynamics of change and strategic thinking. SPG uses a variety of methodologies and tools, including open-space learning, technology of participation, group systems, experiential events, brainstorming, role-playing, case studies, personality inventories and team surveys to create breakthrough meetings with tangible and lasting results.

SPG offers expertise in the following areas.

Strategic Planning
• environmental scans and SWOT analyses
• employee/organization audits
• assessment of customer expectations and satisfaction levels
• alignment of goals, objectives and values
• creating and implementing action plans with viable measures

Team Development
• assessment of current and desired state of the team
• creation of development plan to include charter, working agreements, communication infrastructure, escalation processes and measures
• analysis of leadership contribution
• skill building for team members

Facilitation Training
• technology of participation (TOP) or action learning approach
• decision-making, problem solving, developing buy-in processes and tools
• basic and developmental facilitation training
• specific skills sets for leaders

Outdoor Learning
• analysis of team objectives
• planning of events
• transfer of course knowledge to on-the-job issues
• creation and implementation of action plans for continued development

Process Improvement
• re-engineering
• creating or restructuring infrastructure systems and processes
• implementation of support systems