Great Meetings...

When it comes to communicating, resolving issues or information sharing one of the main tools we use is the “meeting”. This happens with a department, as part of a team or ,a quick on site meeting a the project location.and they all have their own dynamic.

Even though this may be a wonderful forum for addressing issues, sharing information, airing grievances it is quite often less than successful.

Meetings can be an extremely effective tool to get the best from a team, but why is it meetings are sometimes seen as a time wasters rather than time savers? This session will improve the participants’ ability to prepare, chair / execute and close off all meetings with clear objectives and deadlines. The programme covers:

  Introduction and Overview

· Meeting Sins –

        Common problems with meetings – How to overcome these

· Assess Your Meetings

· Organising and preparing for meetings

· Good Versus Bad meetings –  Exercise

· The role and responsibility of the chair

· Proer Use of Time

· The Structure of the Meeting

· Different Meetings and  Meeting Checklists

· Getting all to Participate

· The Practicalities

· Meeting Role Play (Time Permitting)

· Action Plan going Forward or Meeting Charter Exercise