Both managers and employees spend a considerable portion of their working day involved in meetings. However when we examine the return on investment for meetings, most organizations soon realize that this return is well below what would be considered acceptable for other investments.

This effective meetings training course has been developed to critically examine meetings within organizations and to propose changes in the way we approach, participate and deliver results from meetings.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this learning toolbox participants will:

• Understand what is a Meeting?
  - Value of Meetings in the Organization
  
  
• Identify how to Make Meetings Work
  - Understanding Meetings
  - Meeting Types
  - Knowing Why Meetings Fail
  - Applying Key Skills and Techniques
  

Formal and Informal Meetings


Functional and Symbolic Meetings


Seven Success Factors For Meetings


Roles and Responsibilities
- Chairperson
- Time-Keeper
- Recorder
- Participant


Meeting Responsibilities
- Pre-meeting
- Mid-meeting
- Post-meeting


Leading Meetings
- Leadership Styles For Meetings

Course Overview

Introductions
Establishing Ground Rules
Starting The Session – ‘What I Expect”
Key Learning Principles
Pre-Assignment

Session I
Learning Objectives
Value Of Meetings To The Organization
Making Meetings Work
Exercise

Break

Session II
Icebreaker
Formal Meetings
The Agenda
Exercise
The Minutes
Exercise
Informal Meetings
Icebreaker
Functional And Symbolic Meetings
Exercise
Types Of Functionally Focused Meetings
Exercise
Success Factors For Meetings

Lunch

Session III
Icebreaker
Roles And Responsibilities
The Chairperson
The Timekeeper
The Recorder
The Participants
Exercise
Meeting Responsibilities
Pre-Meeting Responsibilities
Mid-Meeting Responsibilities
Post Meeting Responsibilities
Exercise
People At Meetings

Comfort Break (Optional)

Session IV
Leading A Meeting
Leadership Styles For Meetings
Exercise
Why Meetings Fail

Final Review
Summary
Post Assignment
Action Plan
Recommended Reading
Evaluation
Closing Exercise

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