My Favorite Facilitation Books

Overview
This blog post shares three timeless books on facilitation that have helped the author improve meeting culture and become a more effective facilitator. Each recommendation includes a brief summary of the book's core ideas and why it is valuable for leaders who run meetings.

Key Takeaways

• Effective facilitation techniques can transform unproductive meetings into collaborative problem-solving sessions.
• The selected books provide practical tools, mindsets, and frameworks that can be applied immediately.
• Continuous learning about facilitation is essential for technical leaders who want to foster high-performing teams.

Who Would Benefit

• Engineering managers looking to run better sprint retrospectives.
• Technical leads who facilitate design or architecture workshops.
• Any leader who wants to improve meeting outcomes and team engagement.

Frameworks and Methodologies

• Structured meeting agendas
• Collaborative decision-making patterns
• Visual facilitation techniques