Week 14 – Getting ready to facilitate the Scale-up Workshop
Week 14
Final Stretch: Facilitating the Scale-up Workshop
You have reached the final week of the 100-day sprint! With only seven days to go until Day 100, the team is ready and the logistics are locked in. Now, the spotlight shifts to you. This week is about internal preparation—sharpening your facilitation skills to ensure the Scale-up Workshop is as impactful as the journey itself.
This Guidance Note focuses on Facilitating the Scale-up Workshop.
Podcast
Click here to listen to two Coaches discussing the mission and tasks this week – with great tips!
Your Tasks This Week
Facilitating the final workshop is a delicate balance of managing celebratory energy and guiding high-level strategic decisions. Your tasks this week are focused on ensuring you are mentally and technically prepared.
The Facilitator's Playbook
Go over the Facilitating the Scale-up Workshop guidance in detail.
- The Goal: Internalise the flow of the session so you can pivot naturally based on the team’s and the leaders’ energy in the room.
- The Focus: Transition the team from “bragging” about successes to making “hard asks” for sustainability.
Technical Rehearsal: Mentimeter
Revisit the Using Mentimeter for Workshops deep dive.
- The Goal: Ensure your digital polls, feedback surveys, and “Word Clouds” are ready for action.
- The Focus: A smooth technical experience reinforces the professional, high-performance atmosphere of the 100-Day Challenge.
The Strategic Big Picture
Take a moment to revisit the Scale-up Workshop Overview.
- The Goal: Re-anchor yourself in the dual purpose of the event: Celebration and Sustaining the Gains.
- The Focus: Remember that success looks like leadership stakeholders feeling “liberated” by the Team’s achievements and ready to commit to the “Way Forward.”
Facilitation Toolkit
Make sure you have downloaded and reviewed the latest versions of your materials. It is helpful to have these open while you go through your final “mental walkthrough” of the workshop.
Facilitation Guide: Your step-by-step roadmap for the day.
Workshop Slides: The visual framework to keep the conversation focused and on track.
Coach's Final Tip
Facilitation is 90% preparation and 10% presence. By mastering the guide and the technology this week, you’ll have the “mental bandwidth” to be truly present for the Team when they take their final bow. You aren’t just running a meeting; you are closing an intense chapter of impact.
