Facilitator
Over the years, whilst taking on a wide range of facilitating, training and mentoring roles, I have evolved some guiding principles that underpin my approach.
These are that:
- Questions are more important than answers – so focus on finding and articulating the underlying questions
- Hearing is more important than listening – so try and also hear what is not being said
- Reflection is as important as action – so give yourself and others time to find the ‘still place’ from where new ideas / imagination / vision / clarity can emerge
- The seeds of the solution are always present in the situation – so try to build on what is there not on what you assume ought to be there or what you believe ought to happen next
- Things change constantly – yesterday’s truth is tomorrow’s assumption so whatever you think you know is only likely to be true at the moment you think you know it
- The only power you ever have is the power you are willing to give away in order to empower others
- Real success is when no one notices what you have done – so plan to walk through your work without leaving footprints