Effective Meeting Skills

Course details

We all know that meeting are a valuable and necessary way to collaborate and draw on the best of what all employees can offer to progress the aims and objectives of the organisation. Using this time in the most efficient way possible is a critical business skill.

A 2012 survey of office employees determined that on average four hours of their working time per week was spent in meetings. This figure doubled for managers and supervisors. They all estimated that over half this time was unproductive and wasted.

In our program we will show you how to build the skills necessary to ensure that all meetings you lead are productive, effective and get the best from all those who participate

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this training course, delegates should be able to:

• Understand the key skills and techniques required to manage meetings effectively
• Identify and understand those key roles which make up effective meetings and how to ensure these contribute to good meeting process and output
• Recognise the situations and behaviours which can undermine successful meetings and understand and practise how best to deal with these
• Consider and reflect on your individual development and action plans required to ensure successful meeting process and outputs

Course Programme

• Key Principles and best practise when it comes to managing meetings
• How to begin with purpose and contracting with participants for success
• How to set realistic agendas which keep engagement and focus
• Which roles are key to ensuring effective contributions and productivity
• How to encourage open discussion for more participation and commitment
• How to manage situations and behaviour which can disrupt and create disharmony
• How to summarise and close effectively ensuring actions are allocated and commitments made