Meetings are reality, attending poor meetings doesn’t have to be
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Unfortunately, the worst thing about meetings is they’re so poorly run and they waste people’s valuable time.
Use our facilitators for:
- Strategic planning sessions
- Focus Groups
- Business Dialogue
- Staff Retreats
- Team-building
- Business Development
During a facilitation we:
- 1Establish ground rules to guide group dynamics.
- 2Assist in developing a sound process and agenda for accomplishing the objectives of the session.
- 3Create an environment in which people can participate safely, be accountable for their actions and perform with maximum efficiency.
- 4Manage the process to help ensure that discussions stay focused and respect and due consideration are given to all views.
- 5Manage challenging behaviors.
- 6Keep the energy high and preventing the process from stalling.
- 7Close the session with a clear view of the accomplishments made and the activities to be undertaken at the next session.
- 8Create a report summarizing the information captured during the focus group sessions.
There is a difference between using a facilitative style and being a facilitator. Leaders and instructors can use a facilitative style or you can use a facilitator to use a trained facilitator to help guide the meeting process to deliver richer more complete products with higher levels of individual commitment and group synergy.
Instructors or leaders using a facilitative style are:
- Experts in both content and process.
- Tasked to ensure learners’ direction and decisions are on target.
- Responsible for; motivating learners, creating positive learning environment.
- Guides, instigators, partners and leaders.
Facilitators are:
- Guides focused on meeting processes, group dynamics and leading the group to reach its desired outcomes.
- Tasked to ensure the meeting is inclusive, productive, collaborative.
- Responsible for planning agendas, creating productive group environments, developing appropriate group processes, encouraging participation
For your next meeting consider using these meeting commandments.