Managing Meetings with Impact Course

Is Managing Meetings with Impact Course right for me?

Why do we waste so much time in meetings? Statistics claim that we waste up to a third of our time in this way.

Do your meetings include any of the following: Agendas that are muddled or overcrowded? Agenda points that change during the meeting? People attend irregularly or are often late? Participants are bored or frustrated? Attendees talk over each other? Little seems to have been achieved and actions are unclear?

If this describes any of the meetings that you attend, this is the course for you.

What will I get out of Managing Meetings with Impact Course?

By the end of the Managing Meetings with Impact training course delegates will be able to:

• Identify different types of meetings and their uses
• Make meetings shorter, more focused and productive
• Develop a concise checklist for planning and preparing meetings
• Write an agenda according to the type of meeting
• Explain the importance of the role of the chair
• Use interpersonal skills to lead, chair and control meetings
• Deal with varying group behaviour including conflict
• Write up minutes and actions
• Improve meeting performance on an ongoing basis

What does Managing Meetings with Impact Course cover?

Effective meetings

• Benefits of effective meetings
• Identifying common problems associated with meetings
• Establishing a checklist for Best Practice
• Examining the different types of meeting

Planning and preparing a meeting

• What to do as a meeting organiser
• Planning the meeting, the purpose and objectives
• Deciding on the type of meeting, level of formality and chairing style
• Designing a logical, informative & timed agenda
• An attendees perspective

The role of the meeting leader/chair

• Outlining the role of the chair
• Opening up a meeting, making introductions and clarifying ground rules/objectives
• Facilitation skills and gaining positive participation
• Additional interpersonal skills including giving and receiving feedback
• Building self confidence

The elements of group and individual behaviour

• Stages of group development
• Using the appropriate chairing style
• Exploring different behaviours and reviewing options for handling these appropriately
• Resolving potential conflict

Closing the meeting and after

• Closing positively by gaining agreement on actions, accountabilities and deadlines
• Writing effective minutes and action points
• Improving meetings for the future