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Meetings: Leading, Chairing, Participating
Duration: 1 day Cost:
from £95*
Course Aims:
This course is designed to give participants guidelines on the necessary
planning, preparation, structure and processing of meetings to ensure
successful outcomes. It will also provide participants with opportunities
to practice chairing and participating at meetings.
Benefits of Attending:
Make meetings shorter, more focused and productive, have clear
guidelines for the planning, preparation and structure of meetings.
Apply the skills of leading, processing and controlling meetings.
Participate actively and make effective contributions.
Course Audience:
For anyone who leads or chairs formal or informal meetings who wants
to structure them effectively and make them more productive.
Course Summary:
- Common problems associated with meetings
- Responsibilities of the meeting leader
- Planning the meeting: the purpose(s) and objectives
- Deciding the type of meeting, level of formality and leading/chairing style
- Planning the structure: drawing up a sequential, informative, timed agenda
- Skills of leading meetings: positive, motivational introductions, clarifying
ground rules/objectives.
- Introducing agenda items, clarifying and gaining agreement with objectives
- Processing discussions: use of statements questions, listening, acknowledging,
clarifying, summarizing, confirming
- Gaining positive participation
- Concluding positively: by gaining agreement on actions, accountabilities
and deadlines
- Exploring different situations/behaviour: reviewing options for handling
these appropriately
- Participation: the importance of planning, preparation and presentation
- Making a constructive contribution, stating your case and listening
- Supporting individuals, building on their contributions and ideas
- Supporting the leader, particularly if they are inexperienced/unskilled
- Action planning.
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