Facilitation Training for Companies Across Europe and Worldwide

Facilitation Training – Objective, Outcome & Format

Format: 1-day in-house training

Objective
Participants learn to confidently and independently run three workshop formats, each suitable for 60–90 minutes and reusable across client and internal contexts:

• Discovery Workshops – identify opportunities, challenges, and focus areas
• Ideation Workshops – generate, structure, and develop strong ideas
• Reflection & Improvement Workshops – reflect on collaboration, processes, and outcomes

Outcome
Participants gain hands-on experience and the confidence to independently run these workshop formats.

Facilitation Training Content

Foundations of Effective Workshops

Core success principles of effective workshops

Role of the facilitator (process leadership, not content ownership)

Universal structure of workshops, from preparation to follow-up up

Workshop Format 1: Discovery Workshops

Purpose: Identify business development opportunities and improvement areas

Core activities

Sailboat

Affinity Mapping

Dot Voting

Ranking

How Might We

Brainstorming

Next Steps Definition

Additional activities

Journey Mapping

Pre-Mortem

Value Curves

Business Model Canvas

Value Proposition Canvas

Jobs to Be Done

Workshop Format 2: Ideation Workshops

Purpose: Generate, structure, and develop ideas

Core activities

Brainwriting

Brainstorming

Perspective Change

Lightning Talks

Crazy 8s

Art Gallery

Buffet Method

Impact–Effort Matrix

Next Actions Definition

Additional activity

Storyboarding

Press Release from the Future

Blue Ocean Approach

MVP Concept

Workshop Format 3: Reflection & Improvement Workshops

Purpose: Reflect on collaboration and performance to improve outcomes

Core activities

Stop / Start / Continue

Dot Voting

Ranking

Impact–Effort Matrix

Task Buffet

Handling Challenging Participants

Participants learn practical techniques to handle:

Dominant participants

Quiet or passive participants

Resistance and skepticism

Difficult group dynamics

Joern Steinz (MBA)

Joern is the founder and managing director of the Hamburg-based corporate training agency SkillDay and leads the facilitation training. Since 2014, he has coached hundreds of teams in professional workshop facilitation methods, supporting organizations in designing and running structured, outcome-oriented workshops. Previously, Joern worked as a consultant at Accenture and held corporate development roles at XING and the freenet Group. He studied business administration in Aachen and Coventry and earned his MBA from EADA Business School in Barcelona.

Selected Clients

Joern’s clients include leading organizations such as Allianz, Bayer, Capgemini, DHL, E.ON, Ferrero, Harvey Norman, Horváth & Partners, Lufthansa, McKinsey & Company, Personio, PwC, Sanofi, Siemens, and Volkswagen, as well as numerous agencies, trainers, coaches, and consultants.

Inquiry & Contact

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