Challenge
Employees typically spend up to 40 percent of their time preparing for and participating in meetings. With poor planning and unclear agendas, meetings end up losing focus and devouring time, energy, resources, and money. This perpetuates an environment where people show up late for meetings or leave early, no one takes the lead, decisions are delayed, and worst of all, people don't take action after the meeting. Yet with the right training, skills, and processes, your people can ensure that meetings are planned effectively, proceed productively, and end with a clear course of action.
Solution
The FranklinCovey Meeting Advantage workshop teaches how to plan effectively by frontloading before a meeting, focusing productively during the meeting, and following through successfully after the meeting. Whether it's managing a large project across teams, improving communication, or addressing difficult situations, employees gain the skills to increase accountability and productivity.
About the Course
Taught as a one-day, facilitator-led program, the Meeting Advantage workshop helps individuals learn how to: 1) initiate, plan, and define the meeting's purpose; 2) develop skills for managing a productive meeting effectively; 3) develop and use meeting ground rules; 4) use the "Meeting Advantage Planner" to schedule follow-through; and 5) review the meeting for improvements.
Core competencies for Meeting Advantage include:
| Core Competencies | Participants Will Learn to: |
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| Meeting Basics |
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| Frontloading Your Meetings |
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| Focus Your Meetings |
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| Follow Through on Your Meetings |
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