If meetings or workshops have one of the following characteristics, then you need a professional facilitator from outside the organization if:
- The meeting is Important to the organization’s success.
- The subject of the meeting is not clear and each party defines it differently.
- The subject of the meeting is being treated by the team for the first time.
- The issue being addressed by the meeting is complex and saturated or may be difficult to understand.
- Previous meetings were ineffective or not as productive as they should be.
- Someone may lead others and direct them towards his own goals.
- Someone has power over others (institutional, social, academic or financial).
- There is a possibility of a conflict between attendance.