Top Facilitation Certifications to consider in 2025

Certifications are a great way to show your expertise in a certain field, and can help you get your next job, or even a promotion. We've asked our mentors to recommend the best certifications for you to consider in 2025.

Facilitation Certifications
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Anyone can sign up for a certification course. But getting certified – and putting that knowledge to work – takes more than reading slides. Long-term mentorship keeps you focused and gets you across the finish line faster.

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Explore all Facilitation Certifications

Understanding all core concepts of Facilitation is key to claiming your next certificate. If you need help brushing up on your skills, consider reaching out to one of our mentors.

Certified Master Facilitator® (CMF®)

The certification process assesses you against a rigorous set of competencies. These competencies were developed based on input from over 450 facilitators and clients. The result, a certification with the distinction of quality, integrity, talent and service, is one which facilitators can aspire to…

Facilitation Certification Coaching

Consider reaching out to a coach specialized in Facilitation certifications. They can help you prepare for your exam, and provide you with the necessary resources to succeed. MentorCruise is the best place to find a coach for your Facilitation certification.

Organizational Leadership Specialization

Equip yourself to successfully lead organizations through clarity of purpose and effective collaboration — by building and motivating teams; designing and delivering powerful stories; developing strategies to appropriately influence; understanding underlying customer analytics and applying innovati…

Professional Facilitation Certification & Training

Our immersive certification programs give executives, team leads, chiefs of staff, product managers, trainers, and other leaders the facilitation skills and confidence to lead for now and what’s next. Prices start at $5,000.

Professional Facilitator Program - PFP

Facilitation has become a profession. Employers and clients alike want assurance that they are dealing with professionals. Learn and practice the competencies assessed by the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) the professional association that represents and networks thousands of facil…

Certified Agile Facilitator (CAF)

Facilitation supports groups of people as they collaborate, create, and make decisions. The Certified Agile Facilitator course provides training for anyone interested in developing their facilitation mindset and knowledge while learning from experienced agile practitioners.

Facilitation Workshop

Consider joining a workshop specialized in Facilitation. Workshops are a great way to learn new skills, and get hands-on experience. MentorCruise is the best place to find a workshop for your Facilitation certification.

Cross-Functional Collaboration Specialization

This course follows a progressive "Crawl, Walk, Run" framework to ensure your development is both strategic and practical, with each course building on a previous one. Join us on this journey to transform your leadership potential and empower your teams for long-term success. Applied Learning Pr…

Influencing, Collaboration and Decision Making

This course explores strategies for influencing others, collaborating effectively, and making informed decisions. Students will learn how to build credibility, negotiate effectively, and analyze information to make sound judgments and decisions. The course covers techniques to foster a culture of t…

Facilitating and Leading Cross-Functional Collaboration

In this course, you will learn how to lead and facilitate an effective cross-functional collaboration. You will learn facilitation techniques, ways of structuring collaboration, tactics for turning a group of individuals into a team and selecting the right process for product development for co-loc…

IAF Certified™ Professional Facilitator

The IAF CertifiedTM Professional Facilitator (CPF) is the professional designation for IAF members who demonstrate having IAF Core Competencies. The Core Competencies represent a fundamental set of skills, knowledge, and behaviours that support effective facilitation in a wide variety of contexts.…

Teamwork Skills: Communicating Effectively in Groups

Recently revised and updated! Effective teamwork and group communication are essential for your professional and personal success. In this course you will learn to: make better decisions, be more creative and innovative, manage conflict and work with difficult group members, negotiate for preferr…

Psychological First Aid

Learn to provide psychological first aid to people in an emergency by employing the RAPID model: Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition. Utilizing the RAPID model (Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposi…

Training & Facilitation Certificate

This training certificate course covers the entire end-to-end training cycle, including planning and preparing a training event, managing the learning environment and engaging participants in the classroom, and following up post-event to continue to support learning. We'll cover the science behind …

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Get ongoing support through regular calls, check-ins, and feedback. Your mentor stays with you for the long haul.

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Mentees who stick with their mentor for 3+ months reach their goals 2x faster than they would on their own. Fewer dead ends, more breakthroughs.

Get certified with more confidence

Get certified with more confidence

A mentor can help you clarify goals, understand the material, and avoid common pitfalls. Whether it's Google, OMCP, Kellogg, or Meta, you'll walk into your exam prepared – and into your next role ready to deliver.

Save money with guided learning

Save money with guided learning

Skip the guesswork and cut down on failed attempts. Work directly with someone who's mastered the material and can help you get there efficiently.

Stay accountable with weekly check-ins

Stay accountable with weekly check-ins

It's easy to put off self-paced learning. Mentorship adds structure, clarity, and momentum – so you finish what you start.

Make confident moves with expert guidance

Make confident moves with expert guidance

Mentors help with more than test prep – they offer career advice, project support, and insight into how to apply what you've learned.

The best way to get certified is with a mentor.

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Lars Wiedemann

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Jayson Robinson

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Senior Director of Growth Product Management

Product Management Growth Ux Design
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$150 /month
francis hughey

francis hughey

Senior Director Experience Design at IHG

Design Leadership User Experience Design Visual Design
Starting from
$240 /month
Anna Avrekh

Anna Avrekh

Sr. User Research Manager

Stakeholder Management Presentation Presentation Skills
Starting from
$240 /month
Adriana Fu

Adriana Fu

Strategy and Operations at Google

Project Management Business Analysis Business Operations
Starting from
$80 /month
Geronimo Ramos
5.0

Geronimo Ramos

Lead Product (UX/UI) Designer / Manager

Ux/Ui Ux Design Ui Design
Starting from
$300 /month
Lars Wiedemann

Lars Wiedemann

Strategic Design Director, UX & Insights at Manyone

Design Thinking User Experience Design Ux Design
Starting from
$150 /month
Jayson Robinson

Jayson Robinson

Senior Director of Growth Product Management

Product Management Growth Ux Design
Starting from
$150 /month
francis hughey

francis hughey

Senior Director Experience Design at IHG

Design Leadership User Experience Design Visual Design
Starting from
$240 /month

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