Facilitation
Our workshop facilitation prioritizes care and empathy, with a focus on well-being and inclusion to ensure everyone’s voice is heard.
We navigate power dynamics and adapt to the most complex and remote contexts.
Our Approach
Inclusive
We create safe and inclusive spaces for brave conversations. We take a “power with” approach to navigate the power dynamics in the room and engage the mind, body, and soul, ensuring that everyone’s voice can be heard and the different accessibility requirements of the participants are taken into account.
Meaningful
Our participatory approach includes well-being activities, meaningful exercises fostering genuine connections, and storytelling techniques, because understanding others’ experiences is crucial for behavioral change. We steer teams to collaboratively progress towards a goal, reaching concrete outcomes and action plans.
Multicultural
We have conducted facilitation interventions all around the world, working in sensitive and high-profile environments across many cultures and sectors, from France to Afghanistan. Our diverse team and decolonial approach allow us to work with a variety of clients in a respectful and transformative way.
Our Experience
Signed a Long-Term Agreement with UNAIDS on workshops facilitation, training and coaching.
Facilitated ActionAid Ukraine Emergency response team retreat in Ukraine.
Facilitated Afghanistan country team retreat in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Facilitated WHO Environmental Health Team Retreat in Bonn and WHO Europe Human Resources Retreat in Copenhagen.
Designed and facilitated 50+ team workshops in France, Spain, and Germany with a focus on team vision, strategy, internal communication, collaboration, teambuilding, and conflict resolution for Airbus Leadership University.
Facilitated Changemaker Exchange Ethiopia (gender justice activists of East Africa) and Changemaker Exchange Ghana (young social entrepreneurs of West Africa).
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What clients are saying about us
“Shiftbalance workshop facilitation was pivotal in the success of our 4-day retreat aimed at revising the Care Ukraine program strategy. Demonstrating an adept understanding of the Ukrainian context and team dynamics, Aurélie facilitated meaningful icebreakers that fostered team cohesion. Her meticulous preparation enabled the team to address longstanding, complex issues efficiently.
Aurélie’s kindness and compassionate approach created a safe space for open dialogue, earning the trust of the staff. “
Franziska Jörns
CARE Ukraine, Deputy Country Director
“In October 2023, we enlisted Shiftbalance to facilitate a workshop with our emergency response team in Ukraine. Aurélie’s swift deployment showcased her expertise, helping us navigate internal tensions, amplify all team voices, and enhance overall team well-being.
Aurélie’s inclusive facilitation style and deep humanitarian sector knowledge make her an invaluable asset for team workshops.”
Kirsten Sutherland
ActionAid, Humanitarian Program Coordinator
“Our customer services team enjoyed this workshop to improve our visibility towards the airlines. It helped us to come up with creative ideas, think out of the box, and conclude with concrete ideas and action plan.”
Leon Elton
Airbus, Head of In-Service Engineering
“Aurélie facilitated 2 team workshops one year apart and came up with great teambuilding exercises to foster team cohesion. We managed to address conflicts among team members and pave the way forward.”
Alain Legros
Airbus, VP Quality Engineering
“Shiftbalance has been instrumental in providing UNFPA staff with impactful DEI learning experiences across various languages. From the e-learning on Neurodiversity in the workplace to the podcast series “Not a Single Story” they helped us leverage media and storytelling for behavioral change.”
Luciano Costantino
UNFPA, DEI Specialist
“Aurelie facilitated an amazing team retreat and planning workshop for UNODC Country Office for Afghanistan which not only enhanced team spirit and solidarity but also helped with developing a common vision and road map with solid steps to realize that vision. It was greatly beneficial to have discussions and recommendations from an outside eye who has a different perspective and a wealth of experience working with numerous public, private and intergovernmental organizations on similar exercises.”
Anubha Sood
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Country Representative Afghanistan
“I am very pleased to report that your support to the organization of our first retreat in person with our Director was greatly appreciated. You helped us to create and maintain a psychologically safe, respectful and constructive environment and facilitated our interactions with the Director in a way that was fully empowering the team to lead the discussions.”
Francesca Racioppi
European Centre for Environment and Health, Head of WHO Regional Office for Europe
