Anyone here love to attend meetings? What response would you get to that question from your staff? Meetings are essentially a “tug of war” between effective communication and wasting your time. You have to have meetings to share information, receive feedback and resolve problems. However, we continue to find ourselves in meetings that seem to go on forever and never accomplish anything. Why do meetings always seem to be long and unproductive?
- No specific, clear-cut objective
- Too many or wrong choice of participants
- Failure to prepare properly
- Improper use of visual aids
- Lack of problem-solving skills
- Too many digressions and interruptions
Whether it is a one-on-one conversation with your boss or co-worker, or a gathering of five, ten, or twenty people, meetings are a fact of our everyday lives. Meetings don’t have to be long and productive. Great Lakes Training & Consulting can assist you and your organization to make effective use of your time by making your meetings productive and efficient. Using a trained meeting facilitator will eliminate the primary reasons for unproductive meetings.
| “I wish to commend you in the skillful manner in which you facilitated, moderated and directed the first Detroit HIDTA working group. Your professional skill and expertise were evident in obtaining a consensus from such a diverse assembly.Many of the participants, who represent the Law Enforcement Community in Southeast Michigan, made it a point to compliment Detroit Director Azzam and Major David Holmden, on your excellent handling of such a diverse group who were dealing with very sensitive issues.Please accept my thanks and appreciation for your efforts to help this important program.”
Sincerely, Rich Yamamoto Director High Intesity Drug Traffic Area Program |
Great Lakes Training & Consulting provides highly trained meeting facilitators as well as training in the skills required to be an effective meeting facilitator.