Local Government Professional Facilitation

Collaboration between departments and even outside providers is needed to deliver high quality services to constituents. Barriers can be built up over time that limit or even prevent collaboration in local government. Do you ever have a gut feeling that team performance could be better, even if you don’t have a readily identifiable reason why it isn’t?

Perhaps it is time to consider an outside facilitator to assess your team and facilitate an upcoming strategic initiative.

While many local government meetings are sufficiently handled by the meeting organizer, sometimes an external voice can provide the necessary platform to improve communication, participation and performance. An external resource doesn’t have any allegiances and can facilitate and handle conflict from a neutral perspective, allow everyone to fully participate – including the meeting leader.

The action steps created will be based on a facilitated dialog through a planned meeting agenda – this could provide a significant morale boost for participants that appreciate efficient use of their time and an opportunity to actually contribute (instead of being required to show up just to hear about what is expected without being able to share expertise on the matter).