Chairing Meetings – Meeting Discipline
When you are chairing a meeting, meeting discipline is important. It’s important because it contributes to productivity and effectiveness. But, more important still, meeting discipline enforces respect among participants.
Watching this Video is worth 3 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
Primary videos that follow this video include:
– Hosting the Meeting https://youtu.be/MyyoRz4fKP8
– Housekeeping https://youtu.be/U3PfBOBeqBY
– Managing the Meeting https://youtu.be/cRap-SJ8tpQ
– How to Close Your Meeting https://youtu.be/S0V2-NsLFSs
LESSON NOTES
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Meeting discipline is important because of its impact on productivity and respect. Disciplines you should enforce when chairing meetings include:
– setting the mood
– time-keeping
– preparedness
– attention
– listening to who is speaking
– being concise and to the point
– courtesy
RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
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1. Think about the levels of discipline in meetings you have attended and meetings you have chaired in recent weeks. Which elements have been weak? (1 MC CPD Point)
2. Think about how to enforce the disciplines that are weakest in your next few meetings. What will you do differently? (1 MC CPD Point)
3. At your next meeting, focus on good discipline. Set out your expectations when you start the meeting, and monitor them throughout. If you need to, remind the group, to enforce discipline (2 MC CPD Points)
4. Review the outcomes of your next meeting. How successful were you in maintaining good meeting discipline? What areas worked well, and which were less effective? What will do differently next time? (2 MC CPD Points)
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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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