Meetings & Briefing Skills

Effective Meetings Skills are crucial to success in virtually every type of human endeavour, whether in Voluntary, Public or Private Sector, and throughout the average management career, a staggering minimum of 80% of our time is spent either preparing for or taking part in meetings of one kind or another. So to make the most of this essential skill it is perhaps wise to optimise performance in this area.

This course will show participants how to use meetings effectively, how to prepare for various types of meeting, how to attend and how to chair a meeting. Further, the course will explain how to gain commitment and overcome resistance and how to handle difficult people at meetings.

• Prepare for meetings and briefings by means of systematic planning
• Understand the need for different types of meeting and manage them accordingly
• Establish a clear statement of purpose to introduce the meeting or briefing
• Start meetings on time and with a fast paced businesslike approach
• Keep the meeting on track and steer participants diplomatically
• Encourage participation from all the participants at the meeting
• Handle uncooperative or difficult attendees at meetings and deal with conflict
• Understand and utilize the differing and essential roles of the leader
• Assign responsibilities and actions to participants
• Close the meeting decisively and with clears statements of intention
• Define and commit to a Meetings Skills Action Plan