Facilitation Skill #5 Maintaining Focus

As a facil­i­ta­tor guides their team through dis­cus­sions, brain­storm­ing, prob­lem-solv­ing, or oth­er activ­i­ties, it’s very easy for dis­cus­sions to go off-top­ic. An essen­tial skill of facil­i­ta­tors is to help teams han­dle dis­rup­tions, get back on track, and main­tain their focus toward the objec­tive of the activ­i­ty. Learn the five tac­tics facil­i­ta­tors can use to help teams main­tain focus, how to keep it light and fun, and when to esca­late issues.