Herding the Cats: Achieve Your Meeting Outcomes August 2, 2012

5 General Recertification Credits

Did you know HR leaders spend up to 70% of their time in meetings? Yet in a survey conducted with 900 executives, 42% responded that meetings caused the highest frustration. Why are meetings frustrating? How can you make them productive instead?

Whether planning department goals, work tasks or discussing policy changes, productive meetings are dynamic, focused and engaging - which means keeping the "cats" interested and actively participating. Learn to manage an efficient agenda, handle difficult conversations, and establish individual and group accountability. Plus:

-Define your role as facilitator
-Facilitate meetings with an outcome-directed template
-Determine when to meet or not to meet
-Facilitate meeting opener and closer activities
-Handle difficult or dominant participants and late arrivals

About the Presenter
Claire R. Cohn, Principal of On Your Feet Teamwork, is a master trainer and facilitator who works with major healthcare organizations, high tech companies and universities to improve their meetings and leadership programs. She has taught hundreds of Human Resource professionals how to facilitate effective meetings and give professional presentations. Her presentation skills program is incorporated in the San Francisco City College leadership management program.

Claire published the EzTeamToolZ Activity Deck with 52 educational activities, icebreakers, openers and team exercises, to assist workgroups in becoming more productive, engaged and innovative.

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