Meeting Management: The Art of Making Meetings Work

Meetings come in all shapes and sizes, from the convention to a quick huddle in an office hallway. This one-day program will be concerned with small working meetings; with groups that have a job to do requiring the energy, commitment, and talents of those who participate.

• Understand the value of meetings as a management tool.

• Recognize the critical planning step that makes meeting time more effective.

• Identify process tools that can help create an open and safe forum for discussion.

• Develop and practice techniques for handling counterproductive behavior.

• The basics for effective meetings

• The best and the worst of meetings

• Holding productive meetings

• Preparing for meetings

• Agendas

• Setting the place

• Leading a meeting

• Process and content

• Process tools, including DeBono’s thinking hats, rules of work, and facilitation skills

• How to control a meeting

• A plan for success

• Instruction/facilitation will be led virtually OR on-site

• Interactive class sessions driven by case studies and real life scenarios

• Specialized workbook, quick reference guides and handouts for participants

• Personalized certificate of completion