Imagine attending meetings that regularly end early, cover everything, and result in clear decision making and assigned action items! Learn how to make this a reality in your organization with our powerful half-day in-house Effective Meetings workshop.

Effective Meetings makes use of this little known fact: you don’t have to be running the meeting to make a difference in its outcome. Regular meeting participants, for instance, can increase their control by learning when and how to decline or accept a meeting invitation and what questions to ask during the meeting to ensure decisions are made and recorded.

Facilitated by popular speaker and business communication expert, Steve Trautman, the Effective Meetings workshop provides clear and simple tools to help you manage one of the most ubiquitous and often abused elements of modern business. Steve's highly successful programs have helped thousands of business leaders, managers, and employees change the way they communicate, improve their performance and increase their productivity. By the end of the workshop, participants will be equipped with a template and techniques for making the most out of everyone’s time in meetings.

Who Should Attend?

Anyone at any level of the organization who frequently leads or attends meetings and wants to make the best, most profitable use of their time will benefit from Effective Meetings. The tools and standards taught in this half-day workshop are designed to greatly increase the productivity and consistency of all meetings and ensure they are well run, even in the toughest of environments.

What Attendees Will Learn

• The language and behaviors necessary to ensure well run meetings.
• Memorable role definitions for meeting leaders and participants that help clarify expectations and ensure they are met.
• How to improve the quality of meetings even when they are not in charge. Never again be the 'victim' of a bad meeting!
• A valuable tool to help clarify the purpose of and agenda for meetings before they are scheduled.
• The real costs, ROI, and risks of failure for meetings — before they fail.
• Key facilitation strategies to keep meetings tight.
• How to improve support for call-in participants so they can add the most value.
• Techniques for documenting decisions and action items instead of losing them.

Workshop participants will leave equipped with practical tools that can be put to use immediately. With practice, these tools progressively enhance and contribute to the effectiveness of the meetings you run and/or attend.

Contact Executive Forum for details.