TAILOR-MADE TRAINING (IN COMPANY)
Meetings are an essential part of business, but unfortunately they can often be inefficient and time-consuming. Our ‘Conducting efficient meetings’ training course is specifically designed to address this challenge.
In this training, we teach you and your team how to plan, structure and conduct meetings effectively. We provide practical tips and strategies to increase productivity, improve decision-making and increase the engagement of all participants. With our proven techniques, you will be able to make your meetings shorter, more focused and result-oriented.
Whether you are an experienced manager or an entry-level professional, our training offers valuable insights that can be directly applied in your daily work practice. Transform your meetings from time wasters to powerful tools for success.
THE KEY OBJECTIVES
1. Running a meeting efficiently.
2. Communicating efficiently during a meeting: recognising communication dynamics. Being purposeful in networking.
3. Increase the effectiveness of meetings and decisions taken during meetings.
4. Handling critical moments during a meeting.
PROGRAMME
Introduction
The principles to successful meetings
- Five principles to hold successful meetings
- When should you hold a meeting?
- When should you not hold a meeting?
- Options other than a meeting : remote, conference call,…
The structural elements of a meeting
- Purpose of the meeting and competence of the participants.
- The phases of a meeting.
- The chairperson and, possibly, the moderator.
- The participants.
- The duration and venue.
- The order of the day and note-taking.
The communication rules
- CORPI method.
- What are the rules of good communication?
- Why is good communication important?
- Positive and negative behaviours: personal analysis of interventions.
The effectiveness of a meeting
- Ensuring the real effectiveness of a meeting.
- The process of decision-making.
- Developing creativity.
- Leading a group.
- Communicating and implementing the decisions taken.
Handling critical moments
- Dealing with a problem.
- Responding to the attack of one person in the group.
- Avoiding the discussion getting stuck in a vicious circle.
- Intervening when members want to close the meeting.
Setting up the meeting room
- Arrangement of seats in the room.
- Advantages and disadvantages.
Evaluation of the meeting
- Individual and collective evaluation.
- The decisions taken.
- The clearly defined objectives.
- The effectiveness.
- The procedure, agreeing to the working method.
Individual action plan
TRAINING METHOD
Discover
Before the training, we send participants an online survey to measure their current skills using up to 10 criteria. We also look at their individual expectations and the kind of difficulties they have in meeting efficiently. This approach allows for initial communication with the trainer and tailor-made work.
Deliver
- Hands-on 1-day in-company training.
- Exercises and role plays recorded on video. We start from the reality of your company. Cases/type of meetings are constructed by mutual agreement.
- Participants are put through various practical situations/meetings.
- Role plays recorded on video with target and result-oriented feedback.
- No-nonsense approach: interactive and participatory pedagogy.
- Mnemonic sheets with tips & tricks.
- Action plan and objectives to be achieved.
Decondition
VAH Consulting offers various opportunities to further apply the skills and techniques learnt in the future. Feel free to contact us for more information.
View VAH Consulting’s full training offerings here.
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