Facilitation & Training One-Sheet: Summary of Noah Martin\'s training, experience and philosophy of facilitation and training.

1. NOAH MARTIN
Professional Facilitator and Trainer
PHILOSOPHY
Powerful, goal-orientated people have a difficult time moving
through conflict because that which has made them
successful — their focused priorities and strong points of view
— often does not allow them to consider the points of view of
others. In most systems, there is a win or lose mentality, which
eventually leads to impassible conflict, an unwillingness to
work together, or passive-aggressive behavior.
FACILITATION SPECIALTIES
To have long-lasting success as a team, the larger viewpoint - Conflict Resolution
has to be seen by everyone in the group. This requires: - Bridging the divides between
internal teams (i.e., sales and
1. All sides of the issue must be heard and recognized.
production, marketing and
2. An understanding of the bigger picture must be created.
engineers)
3. The group has to know that every member is respected.
- Technical training for
the non-technical
My job as a facilitator is to lead teams and individuals to
- Non-technical training for
bring forward the truths, build agreements and expand
the technical
perspectives.
CREDENTIALS
WHY I DO WHAT I DO
Interaction Associates
After 10 years of working as technical and pricing support for
Facilitation Training:
sales teams in the healthcare industry, I realized that conflict
Meeting Planning,
had become the very lifeblood of our relationship. It started
Brainstorming Techniques
with the reality that we were rewarded differently (sales for
and Conflict Resolution
revenue and technical teams for profits) and ended with the
natural fact that our perspective and thought processes were
Center For Right Relationships
not the same. I learned that the key to being successful as an
Group Coaching Training:
organization only came when we could find common goals,
Conflict Resolution,
and give up fighting blindly for our individual points of view.
Group Alignment
and Change Management
Experiencing these dynamic group tensions in my capacity
as a pricing analyst and in the technical trainings I led for
Coaches Training Institute
sales people and the process trainings I led for technical staff,
Coaching Training:
sparked my passion to understand what makes groups and
Values Discovery,
individuals excel or fail. This led me to develop skills to lead
Personal Fulfillment,
people into the kind of conversations that help them to move
Power of Perspective
past conflict into great results, and to continue using my
and Processing Emotions
experience to train non-technical people on the technical
and vice versa.
CONTACT
Noah Martin
510.866.1152 -and- noah@expandingpossibility.net