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Degree of Compatibility Between Needs and Goal of Life
Process Facilitation: Exploring Identity, Power, and Authority
Many process facilitators struggle to find their own identity, and deal with power and authority
issues in group or peer relationships. Process facilitation requires conceptual insight and
cognitive coherence. Facilitators must loosen rigid mindsets and be open to continuous
learning, dealing with differences with members or peers, and being receptive to critical
feedback. Learning new skills such as handling gender and diversity along with diagnostic
competencies allows persons to evolve with new confidence.
Clarity of Need and Purpose- Inclusion Process
Testing Power
Entry behaviour of the facilitator as well as group members is an intriguing process. Facilitators
have different styles for different levels. Participants in a basic human process laboratory may
have no clear idea of the design and find the entry behaviour of the facilitator strange, or even
hurtful. Some set themselves up through their entry process, testing invisible power of
1 Conceptual frame extracted from the book of the author: “Why do I need to Matter”, Evince Publishing
2023, Revised Second Edition.
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