Shorter & More Productive Meetings
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Meetings are seen by many as a necessary evil of the modern workplace – they have to be attended, yet often turn out to start late, be poorly run, and be a complete waste of time. This workshop explores a variety of strategies for increasing the productivity of these meetings – through a variety of strategies for controlling time, creating and sticking to agendas, and how to effectively chair a meeting. |
Topics covered include:
- Do We Really Need a Meeting?
- Different Purposes of Meetings
- So - Why Are We Here? – and other important questions
- Formal or Informal?
- Key Characteristics of a Well- Planned & Skillfully Run Meeting
- Establishing Ground Rules – the way we do things around here
- Creating an Agenda – & the use of hidden time
- Controlling Time in Meetings
- Starting (& Ending) on Time - motivation and rewards
- The Five-Stage Plan
- People Skills – the Three Laws
- When Personal Styles Clash
- Chairing & Leadership Skills
- CRC – Controlling Feedback to make it safe
- Tips on Handling “Difficult” Situations… and People
- Creating Participation – how the Red Indians do it….
- Shorter, More Effective Meetings
- What? When? By Whom? – creating ownership of outcomes
- Chairing, Minutes etc. – ways to share the load
… and any additional topics specifically requested by the participants
