Art of Process Facilitation

Convening Stakeholder Conversations for Consensus Building

The quality of collaboration and shared leadership depends on how spaces are designed where dialogue, reflection, and decision-making take place.

When individuals and teams gather across organizations, sectors, or levels of hierarchy, each brings unique experiences, assumptions, and expectations to the table. This diversity can spark innovation and ownership, but without thoughtful facilitation it may also lead to misunderstandings, disconnection, or loss of shared direction.

This advanced course builds on the foundations learned in Art of Leading Collectively and Art of Stakeholder Collaboration. It is designed for participants who want to move from designing collaboration to facilitating it in real time. Ideal for project leaders, coordinators, facilitators, and cross-sector teams, the course focuses on creating meaningful spaces where co-creation and shared ownership can truly emerge.

While Art of Leading Collectively focuses on the mindset and application of collective leadership, and Art of Stakeholder Collaboration provides tools to design and structure collaborative processes with diverse actors, Art of Process Facilitation goes one step further into the live dynamics of group interaction. Using the Dialogic Change Model and the Collective Leadership Compass, participants will learn how to turn meetings into moments of leadership where responsibility is shared, every voice is heard, and complexity becomes a space for possibility rather than paralysis.

Come with your cross-sector team and enhance the quality of your team communication.

Duration: 4 days
Format: Hybrid (in-person in Potsdam or online)
Tuition Fee: €2,000 in-person | €1,500 online
Methodology: CLI Dialogic Change Model and Collective Leadership Compass
Part of: Collective Leadership Specialist Certification Programme

What You’ll Learn

This advanced four-day course develops facilitation competencies for convening stakeholder conversations and building consensus:

Develop the Competence to Facilitate Spaces Where Collective Leadership Can Emerge and Thrive
Learn how to create and hold spaces that enable collective leadership to develop among diverse stakeholders.

Embed Dialogic Practices in Stakeholder Engagement and Decision-Making Processes
Apply dialogic practices at all levels of stakeholder engagement and decision-making.

Strengthen Your Presence and Communication Skills
Stay calm, clear, and effective in complex dynamics, supported by self-reflection, peer feedback, and professional guidance.

Design and Guide Conversations and Sessions
Facilitate conversations and sessions that embrace diversity, build trust, and connect participants to shared purpose, innovation, and collective potential.

Apply the Dialogic Change Model and Collective Leadership Compass
Integrate these methodologies into your facilitation practice.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to lead and facilitate processes where individuals co-create shared leadership, navigate complexity with confidence, and generate outcomes that are innovative, human-centered, and sustainable.

Who Should Attend

This advanced course builds on the foundations learned in Art of Leading Collectively and Art of Stakeholder Collaboration. It is designed for participants who want to move from designing collaboration to facilitating it in real time.

Project Leaders, Coordinators, and Facilitators

Those working in multi-stakeholder contexts who want to deepen their capacity to facilitate group processes and stakeholder conversations effectively.

Cross-Sector Teams

Teams working together across organizational or sectoral boundaries who want to enhance the quality of their team communication and collaboration.

Course Structure

Balanced Learning Experience: Three days of hybrid training plus one day of self-paced learning. This structure balances facilitated sessions with time for personal reflection and integration.

Day 1

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Day 2

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Day 3

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Day 4

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Nov 10 - Nov 13, 2026 · Europe · hybrid · English

Art of Process Facilitation

Potsdam and/or online at CET

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What Participants Say

Participants consistently value this course for strengthening their facilitation practice and deepening their understanding of dialogic processes.

"CLI provides excellent concepts and material and professional facilitators."

Freelance Consultant, Germany

 

"Very valuable and insightful to developing skills needed to improve and generate meaningful conversations that lead to concrete changes."

Technical Advisor, Namibia

 

"Holistic and practical."

Strategist, Netherlands

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Practical Information

This course offers flexible participation options to accommodate different needs and circumstances:

Hybrid Format
This course is planned as a hybrid event. Both in-person participation in Potsdam, Germany, and online participation at Central European Time (CET) are possible. Please choose your format when you register.

In-Person Participation

  • Location: Collective Leadership Institute, Kurfürstenstraße, Potsdam, Germany
  • Potsdam is in the Berlin area
  • Includes course materials

Online Participation

  • Live sessions at Central European Time (CET)
  • Digital course materials

Flexible Arrangements
CLI reserves the right to change an in-person participation into an online participation if visa delays, new pandemic situations, or other short-term notice reasons prevent on-site participation. Registrations remain valid in any of these cases. CLI will come back to participants individually in such situations and find the best possible solutions together.

Language
This course is conducted in English.

Certification
Participants who complete the full course receive a certificate of participation. This course can be credited toward the Collective Leadership Specialist Certification Programme.