Episode 56: The small truths of facilitation (and taking care of yourself, systematically) with Tim Pence
As I’ve explored in earlier episodes, when you’re up delivering and facilitating workshops, you’re not only using a lot of mental load, but it’s very much a physical job, too. Today’s guest recognises that and he’s a pretty cool system of checking in and making sure he handles that physicality, I’ll let him explain in the show how he does that.
His name is Tim Pence and he owns a company called smalltruths. Tim is based in Melbourne, Australia and I met him recently at a ‘Train the trainer’ workshop in Sydney. On more than a few occasions he has been called the 'smiling assassin' because while he likes to have a bit of fun he never forgets that the reason why he's up on the stage is to challenge individuals/teams/organisations and drive performance outcomes.
On this show, we also explore neuroscience and neuroleadership and how it helps to communicate with people who need scientific data, storytelling, and Tim shares his advice for First Time Facilitators.
On this episode you’ll learn:
The career pivots that led Tim to starting his company, smalltruths
How, as an introvert, he developed the confidence to speak and facilitate in front of large groups
How he uses a system to track how well he’s taking care of himself
How Neuroleadership has helped him connect with technical members of his audience
The advice Tim was given by a professor, that helped him realise it was okay to give it a go in front of a room
Tim’s take on the key skills for fantastic facilitators
Why he values the CliftonStrengths tool and how he uses it to help individuals and teams
His advice for First Time Facilitators
About our guest: Tim Pence
Tim's entire career has focused on human development and performance improvement and he channels this in the areas of leadership development, culture change, coaching, personal diagnostics and targeted skill development.
He has worked with incredibly diverse populations along the way which have helped him to consider, reflect on and adapt to various perspectives
Before founding smalltruths, Tim was a Principal in the Leadership & People Development Practice at the Nous Group. Tim believes that his diverse career journey makes him well suited to contemplate life's 'small t' truths and help individuals, teams and organisations improve their performance.
Although Tim is an introvert he is passionate about facilitating and loves to be up on the 'stage'. His feedback forms regularly include comments about his effective use of humour and high energy to facilitate positive outcomes.
Resources mentioned in this episode
Tim Pence’s website, smalltruths
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