Sometimes when we facilitate groups, there are moments where the energy becomes freed up, relationships heal, moments of insight dawn, and we experience a sense of magic. The good news is that there is a process that supports that. Practising presence, clarifying intention and modelling conscious vulnerability as facilitators will help manifest the group coherence in which such experiences are more likely to occur.

In this call, we will explore Bill O’Brien’s reflection that “the success of an intervention depends on the interior condition of the intervener” and Thomas Huebl’s suggestion that facilitation can be experienced as “a dialogue with the higher organising principle of the group.”

We will also be previewing Phase 2 of the Resilience Program which focuses on facilitation.

In this community call, we will explore:

• How our inner state shapes our outer experience
• The conditions that invite group coherence
• Facilitation skills that will unfold more deeply in Phase 2 of the Resilience Program

Robin Alfred is an executive coach and co-founder of Open Circle Consulting, with over 30 years of global facilitation experience. He brings a trauma-informed, emergent approach to leadership, integrating frameworks like Appreciative Inquiry, Process Work and Archetypes at Work. A Senior Student of Thomas Hübl, he supports international trainings on collective trauma and teaches the course Emergent Leadership: Leader as Mystic.