MEETING LEADING
 
This concise practice session will help people be better leaders and participants in meetings.  Through actual practice and checklists, each participant will leave with techniques to apply immediately to avoid “Death by Meetings”.

This course is currently offered as a 1/2-day workshop.  Ask about our customization options.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Individuals attending this session are involved in one or more of the following areas:

  • Holding and/or attending meetings.
  • Looking for creative ways to make meetings more productive.
WHAT THE SESSION PROVIDES
Do you look at your schedule and cringe because you feel like you are always in meetings?  Are meetings preventing you from doing your job?  For businesses to function, group communication is critical, but too often time is wasted.  Learn concrete techniques for making the most of minimized meeting time whether a participant or a leader.
 
WHAT PARTICIPANTS LEARN
After attending this session, the participants will be able to:

  • Apply a process to ensure the right meetings happen with the right people at the right time.
  • Manage the meeting environment for maximum productivity.
  • Apply the rules of dialogue to a meeting.
  • Apply the Top Ten Rules of Order to a meeting.
  • Behave productively when a meeting is wasting their time.

 

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UNIT 1
 Not Another Meeting!
  • Setting the Goal: Why are we here?
  • Choosing the Participants
  • Meeting Seating
  • Lecture as a Last Resort
UNIT 2
 Meeting Guidelines
  • Dialogue Guidelines
  • Asking Genuine Questions
  • The Top Ten Rules of Order
UNIT 3
 And if We Don’t…?
  • Rules for Disengagement
Bibliography
Exercises