Meeting Skills for Leaders

Course Outline

Duration: 6 Hours

Description: Business people often say, “Meetings are a necessary evil.” That's only half true. They are essential to running a business. But they don't have to be a negative experience. Learn how to make your meetings more productive and worthwhile for attendees, your company and yourself with this practical guide. Make your next meeting your best ever.

Part 1: The Effective Meeting

• Defining an Effective Meeting
• Planning an Effective Meeting
• Face-to-Face or Virtual?
• Developing an Agenda
• Selecting Participants
• Notifying Participants
• Choosing a Meeting Time
• Dealing with Common Meeting Problems

Part 2: Facilities and Equipment

• Facility and Equipment Guidelines
• Meeting Room Checklist
• Guidelines for Visual Aids
• Projection Methods
• Arranging Virtual Meetings
• Conference Calls
• Online Conferencing

Part 3: Conducting Meetings

• The Meeting Leader's Role
• Major Components of a Meeting
• Structuring Information Meetings
• Structuring Decision-Making Meetings
• Criteria-Based Rating
• Criteria-Based Ranking

Part 4: Leading Effective Discussions

• Stimulating Discussion
• Twenty Tips for Generating Discussion
• Handling Difficult Situations
• Understanding Conflict
• Managing Conflict

Part 5: Improving Meetings

• An Improvement Model
• Evaluating Meetings
• Providing Feedback
• A Model for Effective Meetings
• Being a Productive Participant
• Summary