Effective Meeting Training that Gets Results

Effective Meeting Training Workshop

“LSA’s effective meeting training helped change our entire culture around meetings, making them more effective and efficient, thus enabling us to concentrate on driving more business. Thank you!”
Terry Wassman | VP of Human Resources | Cholestech

“Starting with the Executive Team and through a combination of agreed upon meeting ground rules, templates, agendas, processes and technology we were able to significantly improve what happens before, during and after our meetings. Our ineffective meetings have been cut by 50%.”
Chris Wells | SVP of Human Resources & IT | Xoma

Approximately 11 million business meetings are held every day in the United States. Most are considered a waste of valuable time. In a recent survey, 45% of senior executives felt that employees would be more productive if meetings were banned once a week.

Description
According to recent Bain & Co. research, managers spend 50% or more of their time in meetings, yet two-thirds of meetings end before participants can make important decisions. Not surprisingly, the research also shows that 85% of executives are dissatisfied with the efficiency and effectiveness of their companies’ meetings.

When meeting participants collaborate, innovate, problem-solve and make sound decisions, your organization flourishes. By employing these proven strategies in every meeting, you will cut your meeting time dramatically and increase the likelihood of getting the right people making better decisions in a shorter time.

This proven 4-hour live or two x 2-hour virtual sessions Effective Meeting training workshop teaches skills that will enable participants to accomplish more in meetings in less time. It is based on the premise that successful meetings require both a good plan and strong facilitation. Participants learn all the elements of a successful meeting plan and how to facilitate and achieve desired outcomes during the meeting.

They also practice the meeting skills of gaining consensus, managing the communication flow, keeping the meeting on track, and handling disruptive behaviors in a positive way.

Learning Objectives

Participants learn how to:

Determine when a meeting is the best option to achieve a goal
Determine who really needs to attend and what role they will play
Prepare an agenda that will accomplish the meeting goal
Achieve the highest level of participant interaction and collaboration
Deal with the most common personality challenges
Develop a reputation for highly effective meetings
Employ all these techniques and strategies in meetings

Each Meeting Planning and Facilitation program is 100% customized to meet specific business and project needs.

The process includes meeting pre-work, preparation, and follow-up. Preparation typically includes:

Observation
Facilitator/consultant observes real-time meetings prior to the workshop to customize the workshop to address key priorities.
Baseline Measurement
Participants quickly evaluate a current meeting according to best practice guidelines to get a baseline measurement.

Executive sessions are also available to ensure company accountability and alignment. Please contact us directly if you would like to learn how we have helped leading companies improve the effectiveness of their meeting.

Target Audience
Anyone who is responsible for running effective meetings including managers, supervisors, team leaders, individuals, and project leaders.

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