Roles of a FacilitatorFacilitation involves guiding a group through the stages of group development. It also involves managing real and perceived risks, maintaining a safe environment, negotiating the experiential learning cycle, and debriefing provided experiences.Regardless of the leisure service or situation, groups typically have to navigate through five stages of development (forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning) as they meet, get to know one another, and interact.The job of a facilitator is to understand and guide the group through these five stages as first conceptualized by Bruce Tuckman in 1965.