Chairing Meetings 1 Day Workshop

Course Overview

Our Chairing Meetings workshop is only available in the classroom. For private group bookings, this can be at Happy or inhouse at your workplace (or we can source another suitable location). 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.

Related courses

You might be interested in these workshops covering similar themes:

• Chairing Engaging Remote Meetings — This two-hour workshop focuses on how to facilitate productive and enjoyable meetings online using Zoom.
• Assertiveness — Learn to be more assertive in this one-day workshop, analysing your current behaviour patterns and areas where you are having difficulty.
• Active Listening Skills and Giving Positive, Constructive Feedback — Developing these skills can help you develop great ideas, win trust, keep customers, solve problems, avoid conflicts, and resolve them when conflicts do come up.

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.