A lot of time is spent in meetings and staffs have little time left to do their daily tasks. We all have bad experiences in meetings that seem to go on and on and in all sorts of directions, these meetings can frustrate staff and be unproductive and a total waste of time. A lot of information can be covered in meetings but isn’t acted upon after the meeting ends as no processes are in place for consistent action.

This workshop is designed for your team to accelerate acquisition of essential and powerful mindsets and strategies for effective meetings. In this workshop, participants will receive strategies, insights and techniques that they can put to use immediately and be part of more productive meetings. They will be more effective in organizing, conducting, and taking action after the meeting.

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Describe how an effective meeting should be run?

2. Identify the common pitfalls a meeting may run into and how to avoid them

3. Identify the cultural differences and how to interact with other members in a team setting

4. Apply techniques to better organize and conduct meetings with specific executable action plans at the end.

5. Characterize the different modes of meetings and find out which would be more suitable for each situation

6. Examine what works and how to use those methods and tips more effectively during meetings

7. Develop an effective meeting checklist

• Characteristics Of Effective Meetings
• Common Mistakes Of Meetings
• Using Cultural Differences To Your Advantage
• Techniques In Organising, Conducting And Acting On Action Plans After Meetings
• Modes Of Meetings And Which Is Suitable For Which Context
• Examining What Works And How To Build On It Further
• Effective Meeting Checklist

Duration: 2 days