So… this seems a little outside the scope of “business development from the heart,” but the truth is that facilitating groups is one of the (not the only) major options to help a micro business be more impactful and make more money. Unfortunately, these groups can go very badly, especially if you are doing coaching, healing, or any kind of transformational work in a group setting.
The most common is when someone in the group has a deep or tangled issue that needs help, and you end up getting pulled into doing what is basically an individual session with spectators, and it feels only partly effective for the one person, boring or disconnected for at least some of the group members, and just kind of inappropriate.
All of that is avoidable.
I’ve been teaching/facilitating groups for 30 years now, from long before I started Heart of Business, and I want to share my favorite strategy for avoiding falling into these situations, what I do instead, and how to do it without shaming anyone.
I made a short video to talk it through.
I hope this gives you some insight into how to better run a true group, rather than individual sessions with an audience.
Do you have a favorite strategy for dealing with this? Or questions?
With love,
Mark Silver, M.Div.
Heart of Business, Inc.
Every act of business can be an act of love.
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Thank you, Mark!
Many facilitators (especially trainers) seem to have a hard time not coming off as disparaging/shaming/discouraging… or incredibly vague.
From my years of experience teaching, I know that your method feels really stress-relieving to EVERYONE, including the facilitator/teacher!
One big thing in the way of this, is any internal dynamic in the facilitator who fears the participant WON’T get the help or CAN’T afford it.
You’ve done this with me many times, and I love and trust you and your containers MORE for it ♥
You clearly heed the deeper call to help everyone present recognize the importance of meeting deep, perhaps even urgent-feeling needs, and promise ourselves appropriate care.
Thank you for unpacking this,
naming it,
and most of all, living it.