The Human Side of Facilitation

Do you work with groups? It might be training, running meetings, workshops, or team sessions. You might be a full-time trainer, manager, coach, leader, HR professional, or have a role where running group work is an unexpected addition to your role! Whichever one you are, if you work with groups and care about doing it well, welcome I'm Tom, and I've spent 16+ years working with groups - as a teacher, trainer, and facilitator. This podcast is about the bits of that work that don't get talked about enough. Not just techniques or frameworks, but the actual human experience of doing this. The wobble moments when what always worked before... suddenly doesn't. The psychological side of holding space for difficult topics. How we stay creative and authentic when we're managing our own stuff while facilitating others. How to maintain our own wellbeing and not take our work home with us too much. It's reflective, it's honest, and it's about developing together rather than me having all the answers. I definitely don't. But together, we do. The people drawn to this work tend to be thoughtful, introspective and kind; are growth-oriented; use emotional intelligence; are reflective about their practice; care about their work, the people they work with and making the world a better place. And I love to hear from people like that. Episodes explore aspects like psychological safety, working with creative practices, those challenging moments we all face, and what it actually takes to create conditions where people can learn and grow. If you want to be on the podcast, reach out! tomclearyuk.substack.com