Prepare a meeting according to its objectives
• Conduct a meeting by establishing a framework for its objectives and plan, by allocating roles,
by acting as mediator during the course of the meeting and by encouraging the group to make
decisions and agree on the subsequent steps
• Deal with difficult participants
• Conduct delicate meetings according to your concerns at that time: “selling a change”,
brainstorming session, etc
On average, meetings account for between 20 - 25% of work time, and often represent very important moments in the life of the company.
When meetings go well, they represent an excellent lever for sharing issues, motivating teams, finding effective solutions and supporting change.
To achieve all of this, there are some basic rules that the best meeting leaders adhere to.
These rules concern methods that are both straightforward and extremely effective.
It is these methods that we are going to show you. By applying them, you will increase the effectiveness of your meetings.
Learning plan
Prepare the meeting
• The 5 key questions you must ask yourself before starting a meeting
• Define the objectives and expected results
• Anticipate the participants’ roles and make sure all adhere to the objective
Conduct the meeting
• Establish the scope of the meeting right from the start
• Organise the meeting according to the objectives
• Draw on the group’s dynamics until the objectives are attained
• Conclude effectively
Conduct a meeting in a delicate situation
• Control disruptive participants and adapt to the participants’ various profiles
• Successfully conduct a brainstorming meeting
• Successfully conduct a motivation-building meeting
• Successfully conduct a meeting to implement a change within your team