Meetings are a fundamental aspect of professional life but can often become unproductive time sinks without effective management. This course offers a comprehensive guide to transforming meetings from time-wasters to productive sessions. It covers the entire spectrum of conducting successful meetings, from understanding the types of attendees and decision-making processes to leading meetings effectively. You'll learn to handle various challenges, including managing problem employees and choosing the best meeting room layout. The course also provides insights into post-meeting follow-ups, consensus building pitfalls, and dealing with different room sizes. By mastering these skills, you will be able to lead meetings that are not only efficient but also conducive to achieving business objectives.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Chapter 1
Recognize the types of people who attend meetings.
Describe the problems caused when too many people attend a meeting.
Cite the characteristics of the different types of meetings.
Specify the types of information included in a post-meeting memo.
Chapter 2
Describe the circumstances under which a consensus building process can go wrong.
Recognize the methods used to mitigate an excessive amount of group uniformity.
Chapter 3
Describe how to deal with differing room sizes.
Chapter 4
Describe the characteristics of the different types of questions.
Chapter 5
Specify the techniques used to deal with recurring meetings, large meetings, and small meetings.
Major Topics
The Sequence of Meeting Events
Group Decision Making
The Meeting Room
Attributes of the Meeting Leader
Additional Meeting Topics
