Chairing Business Meetings Productively

Chairing Business Meetings Training Outline

Why do meetings matter?

• Why Do Meetings Have A Bad Reputation?
• Ways to Prevent Pointless Meetings
• Where Managers Go Wrong With Meetings

The Meeting Structure – Planning and Executing Professional Meetings

• The Stages of an Effective Meeting
• The Ten Commandments of Effective Meetings
• Scheduling and Administration of Meetings

Practical Agenda Setting and Minute – Taking Guidelines

• The Agenda
• What is a meeting agenda?
• How to write a meeting agenda
• Sample Meeting Agenda
• Why Meeting Minutes Matter
• 5 Reasons Why Meeting Minutes Are Important
• Meeting Minutes Do’s And Don’ts
• What should be included in the minutes of a meeting?
• Example of Minutes

Clarifying the role and duties of the chairperson

• The role of the chairperson in a business meeting
• The duties of the chairperson in a business meeting
• 8 Main Powers of the Chairperson in a Meeting

Best Practices for more productive business meetings

• How to Lead Effective Team Meetings: 8 Best Practices
• 12 secrets to holding more productive business meetings
• 5 Best Meeting Practices Every Leader Should Follow
• Group Dynamics in Meetings – How it can affect decisions
• Roles played in a group setting
• 6 Tips to Improve Group Dynamics
• Managing Up: Avoid Power Dynamics in Meetings and Bring Higher-ups Together
• How to Solve Problems in a Meeting
• How to Talk About Sensitive Topics So That People Will Listen
• How to deal with difficult people in a meeting
• Evaluating the success of the meeting

Virtual Meeting Etiquette.

• Introduction to virtual presentations
• Problems Unique to Virtual Meetings
• The 7 Rules of Virtual Meeting Etiquette Every Professional Should Know
• 10 Common Mistakes in Online Meetings and How to Avoid Them
• 15 Best Practices for Virtual Meeting Engagement
• 10 Strategies to Make Your Virtual Meetings Successful

How to manage conflict during a meeting

• What Is Conflict?
• A Typical Escalation
• Clarifying Confusion About Conflict
• When Is Conflict Needed?
• Managing Conflict in Meetings
• Handling Disagreements on the Spot
• Resolving Conflict
• Tips on promoting positive conflict
• Tips on managing negative conflict