Chairing Meetings Workshop

This course will explore the role of the chair in getting the best out of meetings. The workshop will provide information on carrying through the role of chair and will consider some of the difficulties that can confront 'the person in the chair'. In addition, we will look at how to chair an online meeting.

Course Overview

Prices

  • Standard Price

    £475*

  • SME
    Fewer than 250 staff

    £400*

  • Public Sector Price

    £345*

  • Large Charity
    Over 31+ staff

    £260*

  • Small Charity
    Fewer than 30 staff

    £200*

  • *Per person, excluding VAT

  • Duration

    1 day

  • Class size

    12 approx.

  • Location

    Interactive online sessions delivered via Zoom. The link is sent to you after booking.

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Course Overview

Our Chairing Meetings workshop is currently available for public course bookings (open to all), held online as 2 half days.

We are also able to offer this workshop both online as Live Online Learning, or in the classroom at Happy or inhouse at your workplace. Please get in touch with our friendly team for more information, pricing and availability.

What you will learn

In this Chairing Meetings workshop, you will learn:

  • To understand the responsibilities of the chair
  • To be able to plan and lead meetings more effectively
  • To be able to assist the meeting in achieving its aims
  • To explore ways of getting the best from meetings
  • To use online platforms to chair a meeting

Themes covered

  • Preparations for chairing a meeting
  • Different styles
  • Working with other officers
  • Working with the minute-taker
  • Forming and managing the agenda
  • Problems arising during the meeting
  • The main tasks of setting the scene, holding the boundaries and summarising the discussion
  • Responsibilities after the meeting, including confirming the minutes
  • Chairing online meetings

Our approach to programme delivery

Every programme is designed to ensure complete individual involvement and participation, it will stimulate your thinking and challenge you. The key focus is on practical skills and real outcomes throughout. The content will involve an innovative and engaging blend of activities so that you can directly apply it to your current performance and your future success.

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We also offer 1-to-1 Executive Coaching which can provide you with an insightful and structured space to discover and develop yourself further in order to achieve even more positive results.

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Group Learning Events

Looking for a private group event for your team, or even your whole organisation?

We can organise a date that works for you, and we can tailor the content to your team. Our private workshops can be held online, inhouse at your workplace or here at Happy's HQ in London.

Find out more and enquire now

What's it like to learn with Happy?

We offer complete individual involvement and participation on all of our workshops. In this video, Nicky delivers a short session about the different Communication Styles, and how they affect the way you work with and manage others.

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To see available public course dates, choose your delivery style — Live Online Learning or in the classroom (at Happy's HQ in London).

If you can't see dates for your preferred option, contact us to be added to the waiting list or for private group options.

The Small Print

For Face-to-Face Live Online Learning

All learners will need to install Zoom on their machines. Full technical requirements are on the Zoom website. Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven't received this email then please contact our team.

You should reserve out 2-4.30pm in your diary for the learning for both sessions. This will allow you to join the interactive workshops and have time to reflect and do the assignments in between. We believe immersing yourself in the content for a whole day will create deep learning and lasting impact. 

Learners should log into the session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. Unfortunately you will be asked to leave and attend a different day if you arrive more than 15 minutes late for online sessions, and more than 30 minutes late for classroom sessions.

Your active participation is expected: everyone will be heard and seen throughout, just as they would be if we were in a room together. To be heard, hear and seen you will need a microphone, speakers and camera — if you have a modern laptop that’s all you will need. Remember, you’ll need a quiet place to call from and a decent internet connection is a must.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

For classroom sessions

All public classroom sessions take place at Happy's HQ in London at Robert Dolan House, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE. Please see our Contact Us page for full directions and a PDF map.

The course will run from 10am to 4:30pm (lunch is served 1pm to 1:45pm — we offer a choice of 3 cold bowl dishes). Please be careful to arrive by 9.45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

The happy Guarantee

We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.

If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course. We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.

If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with our friendly team.

Did you know...

...repeating back key points to people lets them know they've been heard and encourages further participation?

It can also provide focus as the participant gets an idea of the elements of their input that you value. 

Happy has a number of other leadership and management programmes, including those focused on giving feedback and exercising active listening skills. 

Active Listening and Giving Constructive Feedback looks at how communication works and the difference between listening and hearing. It'll show you the key steps in providing clear and constructive feedback. Find out more