Making Meetings Productive
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| Duration: One day |
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Some financial services industry studies have concluded that managers and professionals spend as much as 60% of their workday, or more, in meetings. And, many meeting attendees regularly complain that the meetings seem to go nowhere. This Program reveals the secrets to planning and facilitating productive meetings while outlining the ways in which you can also become a better meeting participant. Examine the components of productive meetings and the key elements that must be present in each phase for outstanding results. Activities will spotlight how to handle difficult and special situations. Each program section contains a reflective and interactive workshop, including "Lost on the Moon," in which you gain insight into individual vs. group decision-making processes and pitfalls.
| Topics include: |
• Controlling the meeting
• Difficult and special situations
• Ending the meeting |
• Follow-up
• Fundamentals of productive meetings
• Planning for the meeting |
| Benefits of attendance: |
• Improve your ability to encourage participation in discussions and decision processes
• Improve your effectiveness as a meeting participant
• Learn how to avoid meeting and group-think pitfalls |
• Learn the most important thing to make your meetings more productive
• Learn strategies for managing difficult situations.
• Recognize and learn how to optimize the important elements of each phase of any meeting |
| Staff from the following areas should attend: |
• Administration
• Chief Executive Office
• Chief Operating Office |
• Corporate Planning / Strategy
• Information Technology
• Marketing |
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