In-Company Courses · Communication & Interpersonal Skills
Professional Business Meetings
Meetings are important - business people can spend up to 60% of their time in them. They should be a powerful way of making progress on a task or a project, but too often are a waste of valuable time and a source of frustration. This course gives participants guidelines on preparing, structuring and running meetings to ensure successful results. It is highly participative and practical, with many opportunities for practice and video feedback.
- Length: 2 days
- Nº of participants: 10 max.
- Languages: English & Spanish
Who should attend
All professionals who want to improve the quality and results of the meetings they regularly chair or participate in.
Benefits
You will:-
- Learn how to make meetings shorter, more focused and productive
- Understand clear 'best practice' guidelines
- Improve the way decisions are taken in your meetings
- Increase your chances of getting what you want
- Be able to contribute more actively and positively
- Appreciate how conflict can have constructive consequences
- Understand the dynamics of cross-cultural meetings
Programme
- Identifying why meetings are not successful
- Participating confidently and positively
- Making your point clearly
- Disagreeing effectively
- Getting what you want
- Listening actively
- Chairing the meeting
- Making decisions and resolving conflicts
- Participating in international meetings: the role of culture
What I most liked was how enjoyable and amusing the course was! The contents and explanations given were clear and concise so that we were able to follow easily.
Most of all I appreciated the personal attention. It has been very interesting for me to get direct feedback from the trainer, from my colleagues and also from the video!