Chairing Meetings Training Course

You will discover the skills, techniques and strategies to plan, lead and participate effectively in meetings of all kinds: from impromptu, on the spot discussions between colleagues, to formal presentations and meetings with external suppliers or clients.

Learn how to keep your meetings under control and how to ensure that those with plenty to say or kept in check!

You’ll cover techniques on how to focus on getting actions from your meetings and how to follow up on them effectively.

Below are indicative chairing meetings training topics.

Select which ones you would like to make up your course or tell us what you need.

Understanding Effective Meetings

• Understanding the structure of effective meetings
• Defining your role in the meeting and understanding the role of others
• Gathering information and planning the meeting
• Producing and scheduling the agenda
• Setting clear objectives and communicating these effectively

Conducting Effective Meetings & Leading Group Discussions

• Creating the right environment for the discussion
• Managing the participation of others
• Leading the communication and driving the focus of the meeting
• Remaining conscious of timings without rushing or pressuring the discussion

Dealing With Challenging People & Situations

• Understanding what challenging situations you might face
• Being calm, objective and keeping an open mind
• Dealing with aggression and other difficult, emotional reactions
• Tackling conflict-driven behaviour by choosing a different perspective

Bringing The Meeting/Discussion To A Close

• Turning negative situations into positive outcomes
• Bringing the situation to a conclusion and moving on
• Summarising and reviewing outcomes
• Identifying and clarifying the decisions
• Managing action points/plans following the meeting

A lot of money and time was being wasted in paying external facilitators to chair and facilitate workshops, meetings and planning days.

Lloyds TSB wanted a group of managers to be able to run these events in-house and hence not have to outsource this type of activity to third parties.

We were was asked to design and deliver some facilitation skills training for managers within the company.

The Solution

A 2 day workshop was rolled out that covered the skills and behaviours required to facilitate all types of meetings.

Particular attention was given to getting action points out of the group and how to control different types of people from the ones who do not stop talking through to more disruptive and difficult team members.

They were delighted with the results – now their meetings are half as long with twice the output at no cost!

“Thanks to the trainer’s wonderful tips, techniques and his humour and approach, I was able to understand what I needed to do back in the workplace to run effective meetings. The practical exercises were fun, and I really got some meaningful learning out of each one – he had the uncanny knack of being able to make learning an enjoyable process for the whole 2 days. Thanks!”

Ian Dobson – Communications Manager – Lloyds TSB

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