Running Meetings Effectively
The ability to handle meetings effectively and appropriately is an important skill. The well-handled meeting provides powerful evidence to participants that you are able to listen effectively, grasp problems quickly, absorb and bring structure to new information, manage time and respond to needs thoroughly. Whether leading or contributing to meetings, you need to have the techniques to plan and control them so that they run effectively and efficiently. This training enables you to put these techniques into practice.
Individual benefits:
- Improve your skills and confidence in chairing meetings effectively
- Develop your ability to present ideas clearly and encourage other to do so
- Learn how to prepare for successful meetings
- Know what the pitfalls of chairing are and deal with them
Organisational benefits:
- Ensure your meetings are giving you value for money
- Increase productivity and improve organisation morale
- Encourage interaction amongst colleagues
- Create a culture in which staff feel involved and engaged in decision making
What the training covers:
- Preparation, strategy and setting objectives
- Tactics for engaging participants, encouraging co-operation and achieving ROI
- Be able to control meetings efficiently
- Understanding needs of others in the meeting
- Starting effectively - and sustaining energy, pace and productivity
- Encouraging discussion, participation and focused contributions
- Overcoming objections and dealing with obstacles
- Verbal and non-verbal skills - essentials of presentation
- Summarising and implementing decisions
- Ensuring follow-up and feedback