Chairing Meetings – Managing the Meeting
The core of chairing meetings is managing the meeting itself. There’s a lot to do when you are managing a meeting, so let’s get straight into it!
Watching this Video is worth 4 Management Courses CPD Points*.
(See below for more details)
This video is part of course module number 2.3.2
Program 2: The Manager as Communicator
Course 3: Meetings
Section 2: Chairing Meetings
Primary videos that precede this video include:
– Planning Your Meeting https://youtu.be/u0hqoWIecNU
– Meetings as Conversations https://youtu.be/42kngpo0MPE
– Meeting Discipline https://youtu.be/NWLKP4Lk3BA
– Hosting the Meeting https://youtu.be/MyyoRz4fKP8
– Housekeeping https://youtu.be/U3PfBOBeqBY
Primary videos that follow this video include:
– How to Close Your Meeting https://youtu.be/S0V2-NsLFSs
– Meeting Minutes and Follow-up https://youtu.be/97j9Nq8UuGk
LESSON NOTES
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There’s a lot to do when you are managing the meeting. Some of the most important are:
– opening and introductions (see Hosting the Meeting https://youtu.be/MyyoRz4fKP8 for more)
– encouraging contributions
– Enforcing good discipline (see Meeting Discipline https://youtu.be/NWLKP4Lk3BA for more)
– good questioning
– recognizing and praising contributions
– keeping the meeting on track
– staying alert to the room
– summarizing and drawing conclusions
– facilitating decisions
– handling problems
– closing the meeting
RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
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1. Before your next meeting, review this module and think carefully about how you plan to manage the meeting (2 MC CPD Points)
2. Stay really focused at the next meeting you chair. Manage it in a deliberate and thorough way (2 MC CPD Points)
3. After your next meeting, reflect carefully on your experience. What can you learn from your performance? What do you need to supplement when you next chair a meeting? (2 MC CPD Points)
DOWNLOADS
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RECOMMENDED READING
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– Running Meetings (HBR) https://geni.us/uTtzzH
– Meetings Suck https://geni.us/PnqAf
– Bad Meetings Happen to Good People https://geni.us/ehWHWW
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