Some of these concepts may be familiar to you or they may be completely new. Prior to working on this component as a team, we encourage the team leader to go through the course on their own to ensure they have understanding of the items in case any questions arise.

If you run into questions, please contact us at coordinator@laurastone.com

Steps for Success

1. Review the entire course prior to facilitating it for a team.
   The team leader should review the entire course to ensure they understand the components, the flow, the outcome of the activities, and how activities are facilitated.
   
2. Some of the lessons are structured differently.
   Read through the facilitator instructions (“Pro Tips”) carefully to determine if there is pre-work, group discussions, or individual assignments. Some lessons require individuals to do reading or draft statements prior to meeting. Some lessons really require a scheduled meeting where the facilitator will teach a concept and then guide a group discussion.
   
3. Course Structure
   This course starts with a teaching module for the group as a whole and several brainstorming sessions. Then there is an individual assignment, followed by a small group breakout session, and finally a large group session. Individuals will need to understand the teaching module prior to starting the individual assignments.
   
   You have a range of options for how you accomplish working through the modules. Some teams create a 2-3 day offsite with the goal of drafting their game plan. Other teams prefer to break down each module into a 3-4 hour working session. There is no one right way. 
   
   Before you begin with your team, consider providing a team kick off to the program so they understand why they are doing this, the objectives, agenda, framework, and initial learning materials.
   
4. Tools for Collaboration
   Prior to the group activities, you will need to set up a shared document that participants can edit such as a MS Teams or Google doc. If meeting in person, you may want to use a whiteboard or a flip chart instead.

Pro Tips
In order for this training to be most effective, there needs to be buy-in and participation from all the team members.
• Introduce this program as a learning problem, not an execution problem
• Acknowledge your own fallibility
• Encourage curiosity and ask a lot of questions
• Module I entails more steps and preparation for the process for it is unique to most people. Module 2, specifically the problem statement work section can be done offline in smaller groups, if need be, then brought back to the team to review, align and agree on.. Modules 3-4 will feel more familiar and have fewer steps so you will note there is less content to learn but is vital to the process.