Conducting Successful Meetings

Conducting successful meetings is a vital skill in today's business environment. Successful meetings provide an essential forum for planning, debate, information, briefing and decision-making. However, too many meetings are poorly prepared and managed, leading to the loss of valuable time and failure in satisfying their objectives.

This conducting successful meetings training course is designed to give delegates guidelines on the necessary preparation and structure of meetings to ensure successful outcomes. It is also designed to enable participants to learn and practice the effective skills of chairing and participating in shorter and more productive meetings.

Course Objectives

• Learn how to prepare for a meeting so that participants are clear about their role and what is to be achieved
• Acquire a range of interpersonal skills to keep control of the meeting and disarm disruptive participants
• Ensure that each agenda item is introduced and dealt with effectively
• Structure discussions to build group consensus and gain a clear decision on each specific agenda item
• Identify what can go wrong in meetings and know what action to take to ensure participants keep focused on the task
• Encourage appropriate participation and eliminate time wasting

Course Designed For

All professional staff required to conduct and/or participate in meetings. This workshop will be especially useful for those who want to ensure full participation and commitment from everyone present whilst reducing the length of the meeting.

Course Duration

One Day

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There aren't any dates available for this course at the moment however it is available for In-house training at your premises. Please contact us for details.

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