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Run Effective Meetings

Hold fewer, shorter meetings that people are glad they came to, and leave every one with clear actions.

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  • 0.5 CPD hours
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About this course

Six colleagues in an hour-long meeting is six hours gone. Quite often those hours go on a meeting that's only in the diary because it always has been, with an agenda handed out at the door.

You'll learn to make each meeting earn its place, starting with whether you need it at all. Give it a purpose you could explain in 30 seconds, invite only the people who need to be there, and send a timed agenda early enough for everyone to prepare. In the room, start on time even if someone's missing, ask the most junior people for their view before the senior ones, and bank good tangents for later so they don't take over.

It takes a bit more of your time up front. Everyone else gets theirs back.

Modules

12 modules
  1. 1Introduction1 min
  2. 2Don’t have a meeting!2 min
  3. 3Have and share a clear purpose2 min
  4. 4Who should attend?7 min
  5. 5Invest time in your agenda5 min
  6. 6Expect preparation and focus3 min
  7. 7Keep to time6 min
  8. 8Hear all voices6 min
  9. 9Bank interesting but off topic thoughts5 min
  10. 10End with an action plan2 min
  11. 11It doesn’t end when the meeting ends4 min
  12. 12Wrap up2 min

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