Impartial facilitator · Perth, Western Australia
An independent facilitator designs and guides your workshop, so everyone in the room, including the leader, can focus on the conversation instead of managing it. David also runs team communication workshops and mastermind groups, and helps organisations with meeting effectiveness.
“I don’t simply facilitate discussions. I watch the thinking. I watch the relationships. I watch the energy.”
One role. One focus.
When you bring your brightest people together to solve a problem, shape a strategy or make a big decision, everyone has a role to play.
One of the biggest mistakes organisations make is asking the CEO, Chair or another senior leader to run an important workshop. They’re already carrying enough. They have opinions, relationships and history. They should be free to contribute fully. An external facilitator has one responsibility: helping your team reach the best possible outcome.
Independence changes the conversation
That independence lets me ask the questions others avoid, challenge assumptions respectfully and make sure every idea is judged on its merits. People speak more openly when the person guiding the discussion has no stake in the outcome. That changes the quality of the conversation.
Every organisation already has the answers
A common misconception is that the facilitator arrives with the answers. I don’t. I ask the questions people haven’t thought to ask, notice the patterns others miss, and help people connect ideas and build on each other’s thinking.
The breakthrough rarely comes from one brilliant idea. It comes when the conversation finally goes where it needed to go.
Seeing what others can’t
A hawk soars high enough to see the whole landscape, yet stays ready to focus instantly on the smallest movement below. One moment we’re discussing long-term direction. The next, we pause on a single comment that reveals a hidden concern or opportunity. Great strategy depends on seeing the forest without missing the trees.
Sometimes the greatest value I add isn’t saying something. It’s noticing something, then asking the question that helps the group see it too.
Throughout every workshop I’m watching
Managing more than the agenda
Every group has its personalities. My role is to make sure every voice is heard, no one dominates, and the conversation stays productive, respectful and focused.
Every room has energy too. Enthusiastic, cautious, tired, resistant. When the energy changes, the quality of thinking changes. So I know when to:
The Walk Tall facilitation philosophy
Strategic planning facilitator
It should create clarity. Challenge assumptions. Encourage the honest conversations people haven’t been having. Most importantly, it should leave everyone moving in the same direction.
No two organisations face the same challenges, so every workshop is designed around your people and your objectives. It might be a focused half day, a full day or a series of sessions.
The outcome is never just another strategic plan. It’s a leadership team that knows where it’s going and is committed to getting there together.
Workshops may explore
Where an independent facilitator adds value
I work with corporate leadership teams, boards and committees, executive teams, local government councils, business owners, professional associations, community organisations and not-for-profits.
What you can expect
Why organisations choose David Price
They value my ability to read the room, recognise patterns, connect ideas and ask the question that shifts the conversation. To balance participation with progress. To encourage respectful debate without letting conflict become personal.
My background in leadership, governance, communication and meeting effectiveness lets me see the strategic picture and the detail others overlook. That often uncovers opportunities that were hiding in plain sight.
Questions
An independent facilitator designs and leads structured conversations, workshops and planning sessions that help groups think clearly, make decisions and move forward together, without any personal stake in the outcome.
Because your leaders deserve to take part fully rather than trying to manage the discussion at the same time. An independent facilitator frees everyone, including the leader, to contribute their knowledge and experience.
No. Your strategy and decisions belong to your organisation. My role is to guide the thinking, ask insightful questions, challenge assumptions and help your team reach decisions it understands and supports.
Yes. I work with organisations throughout Perth and Western Australia and regularly facilitate workshops across Australia.
It depends on your objectives. Some organisations benefit from a focused half day. Others prefer a full day or a series of planning sessions.
Yes. This is often where independence adds the most value. Impartiality creates an environment where sensitive issues can be explored openly, respectfully and constructively.
Absolutely. I facilitate for boards, executive leadership teams, local government councils, state government agencies, not-for-profits, professional associations and business owners.
I don’t simply manage the agenda. I watch the thinking, the relationships and the energy. By moving between the big picture and the fine detail, I help groups have conversations they wouldn’t have had on their own.
David is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), a Global Speaking Fellow and Past World President of the Global Speakers Federation, and a member of the Australian Speakers Hall of Fame. He brings more than 40 years of real-world experience, plenty of humour and practical ideas people can use straight away.
Every important conversation deserves the right guide
If your next strategy day, executive retreat, planning workshop or problem-solving session really matters, I’d be delighted to help. Together we’ll create more than a plan. We’ll create clarity, alignment and momentum.
Chairing a formal meeting rather than running a workshop? You may need an impartial chair instead.