Effective Meetings: Take Control of Unruly Meetings

About this course

Do your meetings go off track due to lack of preparation, the wrong people in the room or distracting personalities?  Are there people who don't contribute when they should? Does the meeting fall apart from people with poor communication skills?  You know, the people who talk too much, overwhelming everyone else in the room.  Do you end your meetings frustrated that you didn't accomplish what you set out to do?We're lifelong project managers of complex technology and business programs and will share how we've successfully led these projects by facilitating productive meetings.By the end of the course you will:Be prepared to maintain control of the room through a well planned meeting with the right people in the room. We'll share meeting agenda templates, meeting agenda examples and meeting invitation examples that will make you look good and ensure essential contributors attend and engage in your meeting.Recognize typical meeting detractors who throw off meetings — the Watcher, the Off-Tracker, the Naysayer, the Know-It-All, and the Repeater. Our students see these archetypes in themselves and others, and become better meeting contributors and facilitators with this knowledge.Redirect detractors by leveraging their strengths using meeting facilitation techniques we've honed from years of leading potentially unruly meetings. We provide facilitation tips and tricks that you can use immediately for more effective meetings.Improve your communication skills and learn to tactfully and gracefully maintain (or regain) control of your meetings!

Course objectives

• to teach effective meeting preparation
• to enhance participants' ability to manage diverse personalities
• to provide practical tools for better communication during meetings