Effective Meeting Management Skills for Public Professionals

The Business Case

There are two big reasons you should care about meeting effectiveness: Time and Money.

According to www.effectivemeetings.com, there is a significant loss of manager and supervisor work time due to unproductive meetings. Consider that:

• Approximately eleven million meetings occur daily in the United States
• Polled managers say that 50% of meetings were wasted time
• One calculation puts lost productivity at 31 hours per month

Here is one scenario for calculating money lost to unproductive meetings:

25 managers earning an average $20/hr each lose 31 productive work hours per month, which totals $15,500 in lost productivity and money! Your managers and supervisor can reverse this costly trend in your organization by learning our highly effective meeting management skills.

Strategic Learning Objectives

• Determine whether or not a meeting is needed
• Explore effective meeting alternatives and when they are appropriate
• Identify barriers to successful meetings
• Understand the role of the meeting leader
• Manage difficult meeting participants
• Define different meeting types and attendees expectations
• Discover our formula for building focused, purpose-driven agendas
• Learn how to allocate meeting time to topics
• Develop post-meeting action plans using S.M.A.R.T. goals
• Develop proven techniques to ensure meeting attendees follow through on action plan assignments

Training Options

• Webinar, Audio, or Onsite Workshops Needed?

We offer webinar, audio, and workshop presentations for your varied learning environments or needs. If you'd like to know more about our courses or product offerings, Just drop us a line or complete our contact form by clicking Contact Us

• No Time for Training Classes?

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• Need a Burning Question Answered?

No problem, SkillTree offers support plans that allow you to call in or email any training question for immediate support. We'll either give you a quick answer or develop a contract for your service needs. Just drop us a line or complete our contact form by clicking Contact Us

Audience

Many of our programs are designed for employees, supervisors, and managers. We work outside the classroom, too.

Customizing Courses for Your Audience

Our standard programs are as short as 1.5 hours up to multiple days. It's up to you to choose what's best for your organization! SkillTree customizes courses and programs to fit your organization's learning goals. Our courses provide opportunities for:

• Meaningful discussion
• Self-assessment
• Video/Audio
• interactive exercises
• Simulation, case study, and roles plays

We use these training options to solidify Power-Train's learning key concepts that are essential for today's employees. We also provide coaching, consultation, and advice beyond the classroom, so we can help your employees apply what they learn from a Power-Train engagement. Just drop us a line or complete our contact form by clicking Contact Us