Meeting Skills Training Course

Meeting Skills Training Availability, Pricing and Course Dates

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Live Online Virtual Training

£350+VAT per delegate

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Live Online Meeting Skills Virtual Training delivered via Zoom or Microsoft Teams
Easy to join - all you need is a laptop or tablet with a Webcam
Learn the same skills as a face-to-face session, but from the comfort of your own home (or office!)

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Bespoke Training (In-House or Live Online)

£2,150+VAT per training day
(International Price Varies)

In-House training has been designed to provide a similar experience to our open courses, however we can tailor the content to fit your specific needs.

Plus, travel and hotel accommodation for trainer if needed (Premier Inn type: not the Hilton!)

We are able to train in your timezone.

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All our training includes:

A full day of quality training, delivered by an experienced trainer
Total of 6 CPD training hours (9am - 4.30pm), plus an additional 2-3 via post-course online independent learning.
Full digital interactive course notes
Training certificate
Access to additional free training material after the course via our post-course portal
3 months free telephone coaching: Whilst you are implementing what you have learned, if you need to, you can contact us for support and guidance

What is Effective Meetings Training?

If meetings are to be effective, they must be run according to correct principles, that require definite skills. This course teaches the principles and skills of effective meetings.

This Effective Meetings training course examines the common mistakes which are made and how to avoid them. We will show you how to make your meetings more purposeful, as well as developing your skills to keep meetings on-track. We discuss the importance and roles of the chairperson and minute taker. Learn how to gain co-operation from attendees, manage any conflict, or attendees who are disruptive or cynical; together with how to make logical decisions and action planning.

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If you want to know more about this course, or any other Management Training Courses, or their suitability for you or a colleague, call us on 020 3856 3037 or make an enquiry online.

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4.9/5 Our Meeting Skills Course is rated based on 568 reviews. More Customer Reviews >

The training course provided valuable information and relevant to our working environment. Very useful indeed. The trainer's presentation was very clear and will explained. Top marks! Lloyd Hawkins
KCH Garden Square

I really benefited from annotating the course material, as it helped me stay engaged with the content. The tools and techniques provided were incredibly helpful, and I plan to implement and develop them further in my work over time. Chris deliv... [Read More] Kimberley Read
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Meeting Skills Training Course Overview

All cost-effective meetings share a set of common attributes. They are well chaired, well organised, well prepared, well attended, well recorded and highly productive, (in the sense that they achieve the purpose for which they were originally called).

The above list suggests the content for the course: We investigate the role of the Chair; how to organise an effective meeting, how to create a good agenda; how to manage the attendees, some of whom do not always behave well; how to keep accurate records of the meeting; how to ensure the meeting achieves its purpose. The purpose of meetings may be to exchange information, to solve problems, to make decisions, or any combination of these three.

People finish this course with a full understanding of how to hold highly productive meetings.

Learning Outcomes:

How to make all meetings cost effective and productive
How to set and achieve goals
How to communicate clearly, using specific language
How to manage conflicts and disagreements
How to manage common behaviours
How to make good, logical decisions
How to get the best performance from every member of every meeting

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Meeting Skills Training Course Details

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Morning Session

Introduction

The purpose of this course is to answer the following question.

"How can we have more productive meetings that are goal-focused, well designed, well managed, well prepared and held in the correct frame of mind?"

The high cost of meetings

Meetings are costly. If they are to be cost effective, they must be productive. We are here to learn how to make meetings more productive.

The cost of the meeting is very high. Therefore, the value of the meeting must be even higher.
Don't hold a £2k meeting for a £1k decision
What are the three practical alternatives to having a face to face meeting?
What are the benefits to having a face to face meeting?

Principles of effective meetings

All effective meetings share the following five characteristics:

Clear Purpose.
There must be a definite purpose to the meeting - too many meetings drift on without purpose.
Accurate Language.
The language must be focused and accurate. No ambiguity, vagueness, repetition or digression.
Planned Approach.
The meeting should have an agenda, a definite structure.
Rational conflict management and decision methods.
The meeting will often be held in order to make some kind of decision, or to analyse a difficult situation, therefore, the meeting may create disagreements and some conflicts. Such decisions, analysis and conflicts need to be discussed and aired rationally, not emotionally; with logic, not with upset or anger.
Positive atmosphere.
To be most valuable, the meeting must be held in the spirit of cooperation: not antagonism.

The role of the chair

We examine the role of the chairperson and what skills are required.

Goal setting

All meetings must achieve goals, so we learn about goal setting.

Clear Definitions

All meetings use terms that have multiple possible interpretations. To avoid ambiguity, we must define all key terms. We examine how create clear definitions.

Decision making

There are five types of decision:

Yes or No? (Should we or should we not?)
Which one, what kind? Decisions
What is the priority order? Decisions
What is the correct logical sequence? Decisions
Problem cause solution. Decisions

The minutes / notes

The minutes of the meeting are the written notes (or recordings) of the main essentials of the meeting. We learn how to take good notes.

Afternoon Session

Managing the delegates

The delegates are those people who attend the meeting. They come in various types:

The railroader: The person who tries to dominate the meeting by pushing his ideas on the others without proper thought.
The joker: The person who misuses humour and detracts rather than adds value to the meeting.
The digresser: The person who cannot keep his mind on the issue at hand and talks for too long about non-related or trivial issues.
The cynic: The person who criticises all ideas without having any positive or practical ideas of his own to offer in their place.
The 'broken record': The person who is obsessive over one issue, the delegate who cannot stop from thinking and talking about only one thing.

6 steps to handling objections

How to handle objections from delegates, in meetings.

Listen
Reflect
Question down
Answer
Confirm
Move on

Effective meeting questionnaire

A series of questions to tease out four success behaviours to apply to meetings.

Effective voice tones

How to use voice volume, pitch and pace to get the best results

Effective body language

How to use eye contact, body posture, hand and arm gestures, to get the best results

Summary and Action Plan

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1 full day training (9am - 4.30pm - UK time - Convert) - only £350+VAT per delegate

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Meeting Skills Training FAQs

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How do I join a Corporate Coach Group course?

To join a Corporate Coach Course, the first thing to do is simply to decide to come.

Second step is to choose which date, and venue are best for you.

The third step is to follow this link to reserve your seat or phone us on 01452 856091.

Is this course offered in-house?

Yes. If you want us to present this course in-house, then we are happy to come to your venue.

We will run the training with a version of the course that has been specifically tailored to meet the needs of your team. Click here for details.

What makes for an effective meeting?

To be effective, the meeting should have the following characteristics:

Purposeful. Meetings should not be for their own sake. Everything we do should be for a definite purpose. That purpose is usually to impart information, solve a problem or to make a decision.

Well structured. Meetings should not be chaotic. Meetings should have a written agenda, with the items logically ordered and given sufficient time.

Well prepared. The delegates at the meeting, should ensure they have the relevant information, they need to make meaningful contributions to the conversation.

Cooperative spirit. To achieve the purpose of the meeting, the delegates should work in a spirit of cooperation. Not fractious, aggressive, emotional. If the meeting is to resolve a conflict, it should be done in an objective, factual manner. Think of a court of law, and you will have the right image.

Well documented. The meeting needs to be recorded; audio or written records should be kept. We need to record what information was imparted, what problems were solved, what decisions were made and especially, what actions were agreed?

How do you control a meeting?

There are two aspects of controlling a meeting: The agenda. The behaviour.

Every meeting should have an agenda. An agenda is the planned content of the meeting. Unplanned, poorly structured meetings dissolve into chaos. The agenda should be structured, so that there is a logical narrative.

The behaviour of the attendees needs to be controlled. The controllers are the chairperson, and the minute writer. The chairperson should keep the delegates on track and moderate their use of time and if necessary, moderate their use of language.

The minute writer should moderate their speed, and the clarity of their language, so that their exact meaning can be accurately be recorded in the minute notes. The key question for the minute writer is, “How do you want me to minute that?”.

What is the course training method? Is it interactive?

Yes, the training is highly interactive. We don’t use a single method; we vary the style.

Sometimes you are working independently, (for example, when you are scoring your own performance), then later you are working with your next-door neighbour.

Then later we will work as a whole class.

There is always lots of interaction.

So, at no point in the training will you feel bored, (no “death by PowerPoint”). From start to finish, you will feel fully engaged and involved.

Our delegates tell us that “the time flew-by”, which we take to be a good sign.

You will find the course is well designed, easy to understand and apply in practice.

We have made sure that the training is relevant to real life, beneficial and crammed with useful knowledge. You can be assured that you will find this course, interesting, well structured, practical and fun.

Are daily meetings effective?

The effectiveness of daily meetings depends upon two things: the context and the content.

Context

In some contexts, daily meetings are a necessity. For example, in an environment where the situation is changing by the hour, it is necessary to have a meeting at the beginning of every shift. For example: In a busy police station, at shift changeover, there is always a briefing, where the new shift is informed of the current events and things to watch out for.

In other contexts, where the situation is more static, a daily meeting would be superfluous. Don’t have meetings, for their own sake.

Content

Whether the meeting is effective is also dependent on its content. If the meeting is filled with poor content, then the meeting is rendered useless or even counterproductive. The meeting should contain only relevant, important, and accurate information. It should also be strictly limited, in scope. Poor meetings go on for too long and are full of irrelevant, trivial, inaccurate information.

In relation to meetings, there are four concepts to remember: relevant, important, accurate, limited.

What kinds of people attend this Meeting Skills course?

The people that attend this course, are likely to come from organisations that are going through a lot of change.

The delegates who attend this course all want to improve their ability to get the best performance from themselves and others.

The delegates are all different types of personalities, but you will soon discover that although we are all different, we all share a desire to learn and apply new skills.

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Meeting Skills Training Availability, Pricing and Course Dates

Live Online Virtual Training

Bespoke Training (In-House or Live Online)

All our training includes:

What is Effective Meetings Training?

Contact Us Today

Customer Reviews

Meeting Skills Training Course Overview

Learning Outcomes:

Meeting Skills Training Course Details

Morning Session

Introduction

The high cost of meetings

Principles of effective meetings

The role of the chair

Goal setting

Clear Definitions

Decision making

The minutes / notes

Afternoon Session

Managing the delegates

6 steps to handling objections

Effective meeting questionnaire

Effective voice tones

Effective body language

Summary and Action Plan

Register for an Online Training Session

Meeting Skills Training FAQs

How do I join a Corporate Coach Group course?

Is this course offered in-house?

What makes for an effective meeting?

How do you control a meeting?

What is the course training method? Is it interactive?

Are daily meetings effective?

Context

Content

What kinds of people attend this Meeting Skills course?

Companies We've Trained

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