Executive Meeting Preparation and Deployment

Despite the heavy use of meetings, surveys suggest that they are often unproductive and costly. Some studies indicate that over 50% of meeting time is wasted, and that the compunded loss of person-hours represents a significant drain on an organization's productivity.                  

This workshop is designed for those who organise and run meetings either with clients or colleagues. There is a skill to running a professional meeting which sticks to an agenda and where concise minutes are circulated to attendees. It isn’t just luck and having a good memory!

Researchers lamented that poorly planned and poorly run meetings are the worst kept secret of vaunted business skills. Few organizations have even begun to take a serious look at the largest remaining item of containable costs (e.g. misused meetings).

How is it it your organization? Are you happy how meetings are conducted? Does your organization suffer under "meeting marathons"? Don’t let your meetings become a waste of time! Learn how to avoid boring / not necesssary meetings. Learn how to conduct an assessment of how you organize and conduct meetings and how you can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your meetings.
The training looks at how to professionally organise a meeting and what information is needed by the attendees. It moves on to leading, running and then closing the meeting. The final step is circulating structured minutes and following up on action points. This is an exciting, practical, and interactive training which involves lots of group discussion and exercises about what delegates see as best practice. Don’t let your meetings become a waste of time! Learn how to avoid boring / not necesssary meetings.