Chairing Meetings – Meetings as Conversations
Meetings are conversations – sometimes a series of conversations. So, in this video, we consider meetings as conversations and look at the five types of conversation that can make up a meeting.
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
Primary videos that follow this video include:
– Meeting Discipline https://youtu.be/NWLKP4Lk3BA
– Hosting the Meeting https://youtu.be/MyyoRz4fKP8
– Housekeeping https://youtu.be/U3PfBOBeqBY
– Managing the Meeting https://youtu.be/cRap-SJ8tpQ
LESSON NOTES
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There are five types of conversation that make up a meeting:
– Conversation for Possibility
– Conversation for Opportunity
– Conversation for Action
– Conversation for Relationships
– Conversation for Ritual
RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
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1. Think back to the most recent meetings you have attended. Which types of conversations were part of each of them? (2 MC CPD Points)
2. Think about the next meeting you will chair. Which types of conversations do you need to conduct? (2 MC CPD Points)
3. Following your next meeting, review your experience. How well did you manage each conversation, so that it was able to achieve its proper purpose? What did you learn for your subsequent meetings? (2 MC CPD Points)
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Free Resources
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Paid resources
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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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