Using Facilitative Skills Across Roles
Facilitative Roles
Facilitator Facilitative Consultant
■Third party   "Third party
'Process expert
'Process expert
Facilitative Coach
■Third party or group member
■Process
expert
Facilitative Trainer
■Third party or group member
■Process
expert
Facilitative Leader
■Group leader or member
■Skilled in
process
■Content neutral
■Content expert
'Involved in content
'Content expert
'Involved in content
'Not
substantive decisionmaker or mediator
■May be
involved in content decisionmaking
■May be
involved in content decisionmaking
"Involved in content decisionmaking in class
■Involved in content decisionmaking
82002 Roger Schwarz * Associate!, Inc. From Tho Skilled Facilitator A Compn■hanslve Resource for Consultants, Facllllatoi -,. Managers, Trainers, and Coaches, by Roger Schwarz, Published by Jossey Bass.