How to Lead Effective Meetings & Group Discussions

Course level

Introductory/Intermediate

Delegates

This course will be of benefit to team leaders or managers of teams of any size.

Overview

Meetings today are a way of business life so let's make them intentional and effective. If you feel you are being propelled to chair or take minutes of a meeting and have never done this before and/or your meetings are getting stale then this course is for you. It provides insights into why hold a meeting in the first place. It outlines a step by step approach to an effective meeting process as well as including key communication skills for effective meetings.

Topics covered on this course will include

• What are meetings?

• Hold a meeting or avoid one?
• Understanding the value of meetings
• Types of meetings

Efficient meeting process

• The chair’s role and/or working effectively with the chair
• Planning
• Preparing for meetings including using checklists
• Compiling the agenda
• Making notes
• Producing the minutes
• Resolutions and minutes
• Getting action from meetings
• Following-up the meeting
• Characteristics of good and bad meetings including why meetings can fail

Key communications skills for effective meetings

• Getting past the communication filters
• Active listening skills
• Building rapport and trust
• How to increase your influencing skills

"A CPD certificate of completion will be provided by BPP Professional Education Limited upon request, following attendance."