Facilitation

Motivational Speaker | Facilitator | Team Building

Facilitation2026-05-06T19:27:44+00:00

FACILITATOR & CONFERENCE SPEAKER SERVICES

Facilitator Dr Steve Harris draws on a wide range of experiences, academic study & strategic tools to motivate your team toward a common goal.

Build strong relationships & forge the ultimate teams with Steve’s powerful insight. Help your group understand common objectives and set plans and strategies which allow them to reach their goals whilst nurturing the natural rhythm and atmosphere of the group.

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The five main things I offer as a facilitator:

1. Keep the group to the agenda and acting as an unbiased / neutral discussion leader
2. Ensure that the objectives are met through guiding the process, participation and buy in
3. Provide leadership without taking the reins
4. Involve all in the group in learning and decisions
5. Managing the smooth running of the event and implement effective conflict management
  • Improve team performance
  • Develop a positive team mindset

  • Create new value

  • Build team relationships

  • Find solutions to team problems

  • Resolve team differences

  • Undertake collaborative tasks

  • Strengthen weak points

FACILITATOR & CONFERENCE SPEAKING SERVICE

Dr Steve Harris is a facilitator, helping your group understand common objectives and set plans and strategies which allow them to reach their goals whilst nurturing the natural rhythm and atmosphere of the group.

Drawing on personal experience and a deep history of academic study, your team will hear top strategies and techniques for success first hand from Dr Steve Harris

  • Help your group understand their common objectives
  • Assist your group to plan to achieve their goals
  • Achieve consensus and manage disagreement in the group
  • Develop a strong basis for future action

A keen knowledge of human behaviour and the psyche give Dr Steve Harris an advanced insight into handling dispute, conflicts and other challenges that face teams and organisations today.

Recognised by academic and industry peers & speaking from a wealth of experience, Dr Steve Harris commands the authority to deliver key insights and important observations.

WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD THESE STRONG TEAMS…

STEVE’S CORE ACHIEVEMENTS

  • PhD and MBA

  • Former World champion in Surf Lifesaving

  • Former winner Anglo American’s “Build a Business” contest for entrepreneurs

  • Former mind coach and team manager for the Springbok rugby team

  • CEO of eta College – specializing in sport and exercise science qualifications

  • Author of the motivational book: Mental Toughness – Mastering your Mind

  • Author of the novel: Impimpi – Black Anger and White Fear

  • Playwright – Borderline performed at National Arts Festival

FAQ

What Does a Facilitator Actually Do?2026-05-07T02:38:11+00:00

It’s more than just running a meeting. A skilled facilitator is part guide, part referee, part psychologist – and when they’re really good, you barely notice they’re doing any of it.

Here’s what’s happening behind the scenes:
They stay neutral. A facilitator doesn’t take sides. Their job is to protect the process, not to win the argument. That neutrality is actually what makes them so powerful – people open up because they trust the space.

They keep the group honest. It’s easy for a meeting to drift, for dominant personalities to hijack the room, or for groupthink to set in. A facilitator holds everyone accountable to the agenda and makes sure the right conversations happen – not just the comfortable ones.

They draw out consensus. Getting 12 people to agree is hard. A facilitator knows how to surface the real disagreements, work through them constructively, and find the common ground that a group can genuinely commit to – not just grudgingly accept.

They manage conflict. Disagreement isn’t bad – unmanaged disagreement is. A great facilitator knows how to let tension breathe productively and redirect it before it derails the whole session.

They lead without taking over, the motivate, they teach. This is the real art of it. A facilitator provides structure and momentum while keeping the ownership firmly with the group. The outcomes belong to the team, not the facilitator.

Dr. Steve Harris offers facilitation services to help corporates achieve results.

  • Help your group understand their common objectives
  • Assist your group to plan to achieve their goals
  • Achieve consensus and manage disagreement in the group
  • Develop a strong basis for future action
Why Does A Facilitator Matter?2026-05-07T02:38:12+00:00

Because the quality of your conversations determines the quality of your decisions. And the quality of your decisions determines the direction of your organisation.

When you bring in someone like Dr Steve Harris – a facilitator who combines real-world business experience, a PhD rooted in human behaviour, and the mental toughness framework he’s refined over decades – you’re not just getting someone to run your day. You’re getting someone who understands why groups get stuck and how to unlock them.

Dr Steve helps groups understand their common objectives and set plans and strategies that allow them to reach their goals, all while nurturing the natural rhythm and atmosphere of the group. That last part matters more than people realise – the best facilitation doesn’t feel forced. It feels like the group finally found its flow.

Whether it’s a strategic planning indaba, a leadership team that needs to get aligned, or an organisation navigating real change, a facilitator makes the difference between a day that felt productive and a day that actually was.

Dr. Steve Harris offers a selection of motivational workshops for corporates including corporate team building.

What is a Facilitator2026-05-07T02:38:12+00:00

Think of the last time your team sat in a room together – big plans on the table, lots of opinions flying around, and somehow by the end of the day… nothing was actually decided. Everyone talked, but nobody really moved. That’s the gap a facilitator fills.

A facilitator is the person in the room who isn’t there to push their own agenda. A facilitator like Dr. Steve Harris, is there to make your group’s agenda work. They guide the conversation, keep things on track, draw out the quieter voices, manage the egos in the corner, and make sure that when everyone leaves, they leave with clarity, consensus, and a real sense of direction.

In short: a facilitator helps a group of people think better together than they ever would apart.

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