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Program Description |
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Title |
Running
Effective Meetings |
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Description |
Meetings
running on for too long? Poor agendas? No focus? No clear
decisions emerging? This program is designed to provide
participants with the skills to improve the quality of meetings
they conduct. It will help them achieve the objectives of the
meeting in a minimum amount of time and to the satisfaction of the
participants. |
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Objectives |
On
completion of the workshop, participants will have:
- Considered DISC
behavioural styles and their implications for the running of
effective meetings.
- Considered
meeting procedures and established a preferred format.
- Developed
facilitation skills to help ensure meetings are chaired more
effectively.
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Key
Content |
- Select and use
an appropriate leadership style.
- Establish the
meeting purpose.
- Agree on agenda,
time, objective and ground rules.
- Utilise
appropriate strategies to keep the meeting on track.
- Suspend
judgement and explore alternatives.
- Work towards
group consensus where knowledge is fragmented and decisions
must be supported.
- Insist on action
commitments that are specific in terms of participants’
roles and responsibilities.
- Evaluate each
meeting with the intent of soliciting positive improvement
steps for future meetings.
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Audience |
- Managers,
supervisors, team leaders, or anyone who is responsible for
organising and leading meetings on a regular basis.
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Attendees |
Maximum of 12
participants recommended.
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Delivery Style |
Facilitated
workshop including individual participative exercises and
group discussions.
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Duration |
1-2 days,
subject to specific client requirements.
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Prerequisites |
All
participants should bring:
- An agenda for a
meeting in their own format.
- Their diary.
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Resources |
- A room large
enough to accommodate up to 12 people at tables set up in
small groups or a horseshoe shape.
- Overhead
projector, flipchart, whiteboard
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