Facilitation Leadership Lab
Facilitation training for people who lead groups.
We help you master the craft of facilitating and leading groups that actually get things done. A free monthly community of practice. A live cohort course. In-person training. Coaching for the meetings you can't afford to get wrong.
Participants and Clients include:
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What we offer
Four ways to build the practice
Start where you're at. Deepen your skills with community and courses. Bring us in to help your group achieve its purpose.
The Facilitators' Workshop
Our free community of practice. Each month, a live session on a specific facilitation framework or tool — then you practice it in small groups on real challenges, with feedback from peers and from us.
Join the communityMaster the Craft of Group Facilitation
A live, online, cohort-based course: four 3-hour sessions across two weekends, with 1:1 coaching and a peer community of 100+ leaders.
Course detailsFacilitative Leadership Live
An evening of live facilitative leadership coaching with three leaders working through real challenges, followed by a day and a half of the flagship course in person. Los Angeles, October 2027.
Event detailsLong-Term Support
Sustained coaching and consulting for the meetings that matter — board processes, reorgs, community engagement.
How it worksWatch
What facilitative leadership is
A short look at the craft of carrying a group through complex dynamics and still reaching its purpose.
4.7 / 5
average rating from Maven course participants
100+
leaders in the peer-learning community
20+ years
each, facilitating contested rooms
What people say
From the people who've been in the room
“"Master the Craft of Group Facilitation" offered more than I expected! I enrolled in the course to gain some tricks and tips to improve meeting facilitation, but I came away with skills around active listening, framing / reframing, agenda seting, and how to manage challenging personalities. What was most useful to me were the modules on how to move "stuck" meetings forward. Charley and Kate make listening and reframing look easy, even though it has taken them years of practice. I also learned a lot from the other participants who came from all different fields, and had both challenges and solutions to share from their real life. Highly recommend this course, especially to anyone in a leadership role who wants to make better use of the gatherings of their staff and teams.”
AshleyConsultant, Ashley Wolfington LLC“Kate and Charley are brilliant facilitators and teachers. They practice what they teach and model the skills the participants are learning. I will use these takeaways and resources right away and for a long time!”
ArielleFounder and Principal, Wingspan Strategy and Coaching“Excellent course, deftly facilitated. Space is created to learn and apply / practice the techniques using the real world examples shared with your class mates in the break out sessions. Look forward to weaving these new tools to execute more effective meetings and getting team mates to navigate project roadblocks and getting meetings unstuck.”
MarlonOfficer, Pew Charitable TrustsJoin The Facilitators' Workshop
Our free community of practice: a live session each month on one facilitation framework or tool, plus small-group practice on real challenges.