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Meetings for Results Workshop

This is a one-day workshop for people eager to see better results from their meetings - both those they lead and those in which they are members. Participants will learn to distinguish between two types of meetings: Regular Meetings and Task Forces. They are quite different in their demands upon leaders and members.

All management meetings (Regular Meetings) should be entirely focused on decision-making in order to keep the organization's resources focused on its best opportunities and most significant threats. This workshop teaches managers to engage in a form of group decision-making that does not cloud the issues of accountability for implementation. Managers will learn how to create an environment of trust and confidence in which people are willing to tell the truth and benefit for their differences of perception and opinion.

Target Audience

Skill development will be most immediately useful to those who lead meetings, primarily managers at all levels of the organization:

  • Executives (strategic managers);
  • Middle managers (those who manage other managers and project teams); and
  • First-line managers (people who manage Individual Contributors).

Key Concepts

  • Meetings fail because we don't understand their real purpose and potential - to promote understanding, to use disagreement, and to take action.
  • This workshop distinguishes the difference between Regular Meetings and Task Force Meetings, based on function, agenda, structure, dynamics process and memory.
  • Regular Meetings decide what to do with the organization's resources.
  • Task Forces recommend solutions to the Regular Meeting where the authority is held to act.
  • Managers use their authority to make decisions optimizing the organization's use of resources.

Key Skills

  • Better, faster decisions with greater participation of meeting members.
  • Regular Meetings that take action - not just share information.
  • Task Force groups who make quality recommendations and actually disband.
  • Using disagreement to enrich a group's performance.
  • Effective use of resources to turn ideas into operational reality.

Workshop Overview

  • What is Groupwork? Group Dynamics
  • The Purpose of Meetings
  • Group Process for Management Meetings and Task Force Meetings
  • Consultative Decision-Making - Disagree and Commit
  • Group Participant Responsibilities
  • Critical Thinking Process for Management Meetings
  • Group Memory
  • Action Planning

Course Materials

  • Text: Daniels, William R. Group Power II: A Manager's Guide to Conducting Regular Meetings. Mill Valley, CA.: ACT Publishing, 1990.
  • Participant Workbook
  • Handout materials for exercises
  • Class size may vary from 15-200+ participants

In-house certification is available for this workshop. If you would like more information, please call American Consulting & Training, Inc. at 800/995-6651 or 415/446-4355.

 

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