David Summerton Business Consulting
How To Make Meetings Work For YOU Meetings are nice when there are only two people involved – big meetings become unwieldy and there are just too many different agendas happening for everyone to leave feeling that they have participated, had their say and got what they wanted from the process. Large meetings are unproductive …
How Much Do Your Meetings Cost? Meetings are a major cost to any organisation so they need to be managed effectively and efficiently. Are you getting your money’s worth? Use the formulae below to find out: (# people) X (annual hours) X (annual hourly rate) = Total Annual Cost Multiply the number of people attending …
How Productive Are Your Meetings? Meetings a bit of a waste of time? Not getting things done in meetings? Invitees just not turning up? Time to make Meetings more Productive and less Costly by considering the following questions: When was the structure of the Meeting last reviewed? Is it still effective and is it still …
Mastering Meetings – Rules For A Successful Meeting If you are unable to master running a meeting, then as a manager you have a serious weakness in your skill set. Meetings are essential in the setting of tasks and implementing actions, both for teams and individuals alike. Use the following pointers to make your meetings …
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Five Basic Tips For A Successful Meeting Schedule the meeting well in advance – meetings that are fixed at short notice seldom work Have an Agenda with relevant documents available in advance – to not have this sorted before the meeting means that the meeting will have a lack of preparation, a lack of focus …
How To Follow-up Meeting Outcomes Meetings take up a huge amount of time and effort but their effectiveness is frequently undermined by the lack of follow-up and policing of the meeting’s outcomes and actions arising. If you Chair a meeting then you are going to be judged on three important factors: was there effective preparation …
How To Run A Quick And Highly Effective Daily Meeting We all spend far too much time in Meetings that go nowhere, are poorly planned, badly managed and achieve nothing other than wasting time and incurring cost. Try using the following four questions for your Daily Meeting, designed specifically to keep things very brief but …
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Skills Spot – Setting Meeting Ground Rules Everyone arrives on time. Everyone prepares for each and every session. We test assumptions and inferences regarding what individuals explain/share Individuals share what they know or think they know – no holding back information for purpose of being “one-up” on others. We practice courteous communication behaviours. We show …
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Skills Spotlight – Chairing A Meeting People always remember Meetings but they only remember the bad ones - a little like going to a Wedding that was a disaster. Such traumas always stay in the mind so it is essential to make sure that YOUR Meeting works well. Consider the following pointers to ensure that …
Having Magic Meetings Avoiding common errors Contact the participants before the meeting to set the scene and to gauge their initial thoughts and approaches. This is especially important for stakeholders and decision makers. Know if the meeting is about you making the decision and then telling those present or is it about consulting all present …
