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Effective Team Meetings
A team’s primary venue to discuss and determine what needs to be done is through team meetings. Yet ineffective meetings are a source of frustration for many people – wasted time, missing information, straying off topic, people not paying attention. On the other hand, when meetings are run well:
ü Discussion is robust with quality ideas generated ü People are prepared and engaged
ü Decisions are made and consensus is built
ü Action moves forward
ü Accountability is expected
ü Teams achieve their desired results
Types of Meetings
A starting point to maximize your meetings is to clearly understand the type of meeting and its purpose.
§ Client meetings – solution sharing, relationship building, collaboration
§ Update meetings – identifying issues, sharing information, moving action
forward, ensuring accountabilities
§ Problem Solving – ideation, decision-making, planning
§ Learning & Development meetings – training, orientation, product knowledge
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