Trainer: Gary Rush, IAF CPF | M

“We know that anyone can be successful if they are able to guide their group through a facilitated process to accomplish their task.  They produce better results that have the buy-in of all stakeholders enabling the greatest chance of success.”

This 3-day highly interactive class teaches you not only "how to"; it also teaches you to understand the "why" so that you can perform effectively. FoCuSeD™ guides you, enabling you to plan the emotional group cycle along with the workshop/meeting process enabling communication to create collaborative useful solutions - one without the other is fruitless. This class covers People Skills, basic Process Design, etc. It covers effective Facilitator skills and tools necessary to facilitate the overall business management strategy into the product solutions so needed for business success - achieving support and commitment from stakeholders. It helps build your skills and confidence - it develops Collaborative Leaders.

"This class is ideal for anyone working in project management, Six Sigma, TQM, and other quality initiatives."

Until FoCuSeD™, facilitation techniques have been either about process or people skills. FoCuSeD™ contains a unique concept for developing structured agendas with an understanding of the two parallel developments occurring, "the workshop/meeting process and the emotional group cycle", that must be holistically planned to achieve collaborative useful solutions - the ultimate structured facilitation technique. It is not sufficient to select an agenda and then insert exercises in different steps and hope that it works. See It's time to get FoCuSeD™ .

FoCuSeD™ provides guidance as well as specific tested structured agendas to enable consistency in any type of workshop/meeting. FoCuSeD™ is an approach to information gathering where group workshops/meetings replace individual interviews. FoCuSeD™ fully integrates methodologies with communication and group dynamics to derive consensus-based information.

"The FoCuSeD™ On... class devotes 50% of class time to People Skills and 50% of class time to Process Skills providing balanced, holistic learning."

We believe that the process to build agendas and deal with people is the same whether you are dealing with business, technical, or any type of subject. We believe that theory is needed and teach it to provide a background. We teach specific "how to"; we provide detailed People and Process tools and, as an IAF CPF Assessor, Gary covers the IAF Core Facilitator Competencies and what students need to learn to achieve them. To be a successful Facilitator you learn by doing. In our class students practice 40% of the class time and receive comprehensive assessments of sessions facilitated by the student.

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This class is available on-site anywhere in the world. Please contact us for additional information, pricing, and scheduling.

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Class Abstract

Duration

Three (3) Days

Abstract

This class covers People Skills, basic Process Design, etc. It covers effective Facilitator Skills and tools necessary to facilitate the overall business management strategy into the product solutions so needed for business success - achieving support and commitment from stakeholders.

• What is Facilitation? What is the history? When is it used?
• What do Facilitators do? How does this fit with your job?
• How do you deal with people - the good, the bad, and the ugly?
• Where do diversity, inclusivity, and thinking/learning styles fit?
• How do you design a Holistic Process?
• How do you build an effective Annotated Agenda?
• How do you fit facilitated workshops/meetings into projects using different methods - e.g., Waterfall, Agile, etc.?
  

Objectives

FoCuSeD™ On… is designed so that the students will be able to:

• Perform as effective FoCuSeD™ Facilitators immediately upon completion.
• Demonstrate an understanding of FoCuSeD™, its components and processes.
• Know "how to" incorporate their new skills and tools to enhance their job skills.
• Facilitate a variety of workshops/meetings.
• Demonstrate a level of proficiency in basic facilitation skills.
• Use effective FoCuSeD™ Facilitator skills in business and in life.
• Understand the IAF Core Facilitator Competencies and what they need to learn to achieve them. See IAF Certified™ Professional Facilitator | The Process

Materials

Each student receives:

• PDF version of the FoCuSeD^TM On… Guide by Gary Rush, IAF CPF | M.  A comprehensive reference manual in which Gary shares his step-by-step process so that students can replicate his practices.
• Class handouts with agenda and exercises.
• Confidential Assessment
• A Class Certificate of Completion

"We can create a FoCuSeD™ Organization developing Facilitators, Group Facilitation Skills, and Collaborative Leaders throughout your organization."

Gary Rush Facilitation, has designed and delivered numerous FoCuSeD™ facilitation courses. We have designed these courses with the organization in mind. We can take any of our course content from basic to extensive to advanced, and develop a custom program based on your organization's needs both in terms of content as well as in terms of number of training days and number of participants.

What distinguishes our FoCuSeD™ courses:

• They provide consistency in terminology, models, and concepts that are built upon the fundamental principles of facilitation - they share ideas using a consistent basis of understanding. This ensures that everyone holds the same fundamental principles.
  
  
• They are effective, comprehensive, and provide a complete set of skills, knowledge, and practice. This ensures that what is learned, is immediately applicable.
  
  
• They provide specific tools to effectively work with groups in any capacity and be successful. This builds capacity within the organization.

You learn:

• "How to" effectively combine Relationship Behavior and Task Behavior to drive out task success along with team performance. This ability is crucial to bringing people together to accomplish a task.

These skills are the most important skills to develop in the 21st century. Businesses and organizations work smarter when these skills are incorporated into their culture because groups develop better ideas that benefit the greater whole.

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Contact Gary for additional information or to schedule an Initial Consultation.

Trainer: Gary Rush, IAF CPF | M

IIBA-IAF Webinar "Data Modeling" by Gary Rush, IAF CPF | M

"Business Data Modeling is one of the most effective methods to define and document data and business rules, yet it is resisted and misunderstood by many businesses. This class dispels the barriers to accepting and understanding Business Data Modeling while describing when and "how to" use it."

This 2-day highly interactive class provides the Analyst and Manager with the tools and information to be able to understand and explain Data Models to business clients as well as be able to build a Data Model. This class is one half hands on practice. Check out Gary's article - "Does Big Data equal Big Knowledge?"

 "This class is ideal for all who want to successfully understand, build, and explain Data Models from a business perspective."

This class is available on-site anywhere in the world. Please contact us for additional information, pricing, and scheduling.

Class Abstract

Duration

Two (2) Days

Abstract

This class provides the Analyst and Manager with the tools and information to be able to understand and explain Data Models to business clients as well as be able to build a Data Model. Topics include:

• What is Business Data Modeling - Why do we do it?
• When do you build a Data Model?
• How does a Data Model relate to other models?
• How do you build a Data Model?

Objectives

FoCuSeD™ Business Data Modeling is designed so that the students will be able to:

• Describe why to build a Data Model - from a business perspective.
• Accurately build a basic Data Model with business.
• Know the various terms and components of a Data Model.
• Knopw 'how to' build Business Data Models in Agile.

Materials

Each student receives:

• Class Certificate of Completion
• PDF version of FoCuSeD™ Business Data Modeling, Version 2.0 by Gary Rush, IAF CPF | M