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Facilitation and Interviewing Skills

Facilitation and Interviewing Skills – Facilitate the Flow, Focus the Questions

Facilitation and Interviewing skills are essential when conducting training or engagement sessions with internal or external stakeholders. These skills range from creating a conducive environment to confidently steering discussions—culminating in successful outcomes through sharp interviewing techniques.

Whether you’re facilitating sessions with difficult customers or new trainees, or conducting interviews for recruitment, disciplinary matters, or surveys, this programme will help you sharpen both your facilitation and questioning abilities for greater impact and effectiveness.

Course Objectives

Dynamic Facilitation Skills – Learn key facilitation skills to help you with your meetings, client relationships, strategic plans, and more

At the end of the one-day workshop, participants will be able to:

  • facilitate with confidence in different settings;
  • interview with sensitivity with different target audiences; and
  • acquire information through sharp questioning techniques.
Course Outline

PART 1 PRINCIPLES OF FACILITATION

1.1 Preparations
1.2 Process
1.3 Problem

PART 2 FACILITATION DYNAMICS

2.1 Forming
2.2 Storming
2.3 Norming
2.4 Performing
2.5 Reflections

PART 3 FACILITATING INFORMATION

3.1 Horizontal Information
3.2 Vertical Information

PART 4 FACILITATING QUESTION

4.1 Clarifying Question
4.2 Adjoining Question
4.3 Funneling Question
4.4 Elevating Question
4.5 Information and Knowledge
Training Methodology

This highly engaging and practical workshop will utilise a series of presentations, role-plays, as well as a variety of mixed-medias to ensure deep and impactful learning.

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for professionals who are required to lead discussions, engage diverse groups, or conduct interviews as part of their role. It is designed for:

  • Trainers and Educators who facilitate learning sessions or workshops

  • HR Professionals involved in recruitment, performance reviews, or disciplinary interviews

  • Team Leaders and Managers who lead team meetings, onboarding sessions, or internal dialogues

  • Customer Service and Frontline Staff who handle challenging customer interactions

  • Project Leads and Coordinators who engage stakeholders or gather feedback through interviews or focus groups

  • Survey and Research Officers who need to conduct structured interviews or extract insights

Whether you’re new to facilitation or looking to sharpen your questioning skills, this course will equip you with practical tools to communicate confidently and lead conversations that drive meaningful outcomes.

About The Trainer

Dr Sunny Goh is a Trainer of Trainers (TOT) and has taught many writing coaches to teach writing programmes he has designed for government servants and private sector officers. He was head of the International directorate in Mindef’s Defence Policy Office, where he has written Cab Memos, budget papers and presented Singapore’s position at international fora. He was a member of the SAF Scholars Selection Board and chairman of a university’s Resource Panel.

He was also a Desk Editor at The Straits Times, where he taught reporting and interviewing skills at its School of Journalism. In all, his participants had included CEOs, professors, staff writers, technical specialists, undergraduates and students. It doesn’t matter how high a participant’s work status may be – all that mattered is a penchant for learning.

As a volunteer, he was a Mediator with the Ministry of Law, a Council Member of the Singapore Red Cross Society and writes regularly for the local and regional media.