Did you know that high-functioning, effective meetings are a powerful enabler to achieving professional success and achieving your goals and projects?
Meetings are the most common business activity in every industry around the world. They’re also one of the greatest sources of anxiety, frustration and stress and they might be holding you back from achieving success. This is because participants often express that they feel their time isn’t valued, meetings fail to produce valuable results, and you might be missing countless opportunities to advance your projects and demonstrate your skills.
Fortunately, Unleash Your Meeting Potential™ has been designed to set you up for success. This book provides you with all of the knowledge and best practices you need to skillfully plan, lead and follow up on meetings that add significant value each and every time.
If you are required to lead meetings at work, you’ll find this book is designed for you. Roles such as consultants, project managers, engineers, business analysts, strategists, managers and team leaders, sales or administrative professionals, improvement experts, and students preparing for employment will find this helpful.
This book reviews all of the key activities to maximize the effectiveness of every meeting. We’ll walk through a simple, straightforward methodology called The 3 Step Meeting Framework™. This approach can be applied to every industry including healthcare, finance, automotive, legal, manufacturing, transportation, construction, research, energy, IT, aerospace, communications, etc.
Upon completion of this book, you will have all of the knowledge you need to transform your meetings, reach a level of meeting mastery, and use these skills to take your projects and career to new heights.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- Defining your meeting purpose, objectives, and expected outcomes
- Identifying and inviting the right people
- Selecting the right meeting format to maximize the engagement of your participants
- Determining the meeting logistics, and developing a clear meeting appointment
- Creating an effective meeting agenda, and setting up your meeting in advance with clear expectations to allow for effective discussions
- Leading and facilitating productive meetings with your stakeholders
- Documenting key decisions, action items, and next steps in powerful meeting minutes that can be shared
- Developing follow-up communications and holding your participants accountable for the identified action items
- And so much more….
Alright, let me ask you: Are you ready to transform your meetings? If your answer is ‘YES!‘, then it’s time to take action. Join me on this journey today! Grab a copy of this book today, and I can’t wait to welcome you to the Unleash Your Meeting Potential™ program.
Table of Content
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Unleash Your Meeting Potential™
Chapter 2: The 3 Step Meeting Framework™
Step 1: Before the Meeting
Chapter 3: Define the Meeting Purpose
Chapter 4: Determine the Meeting Objectives and Expected Outcomes
Chapter 5: Identify the Right People to Invite
Chapter 6: Determine the Meeting Format
Chapter 7: Identify the Meeting Logistics
Chapter 8: Develop and Circulate a Meeting Appointment
Chapter 9: Develop an Agenda for Your Meeting
Chapter 10: Determine the Room Layout
Chapter 11: Determine the Resources and Tools You Need
Chapter 12: Develop and Circulate a Meeting Communication and Package
Step 2: During the Meeting
Chapter 13: Set Up Before the Meeting
Chapter 14: Open the Meeting
Chapter 15: Lead the Meeting Discussion
Chapter 16: Capture and Document the Meeting Discussion
Chapter 17: Close the Meeting
Step 3: After the Meeting
Chapter 18: Develop Your Meeting Minutes or Action Log
Chapter 19: Develop and Circulate a Follow-Up Meeting Communication and Package
Chapter 20: Evaluate the Meeting and Capture Lessons Learned
Chapter 21: Follow Up on Outstanding Action Items
Chapter 22: Set Up Any Follow-Up Meetings and Apply Lessons Learned
Chapter 23: Conclusion to The 3 Step Meeting Framework™
Chapter 24: Additional Resources
Chapter 25: Acknowledgements
Personal Notes and Learning
About the author
Natalie Berkiw has been successfully leading effective meetings as a seasoned, senior project management consultant, for over 22 years. She holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) designation through the global Project Management Institute, and certification in Lean from the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. Natalie has international experience leading meetings in both Canada and the United States. She has worked primarily in the health care and non-profit sectors and has extensive experience in team and meeting facilitation, strategic planning, project management and process improvement. With her years of experience participating in meetings daily with CEOs, executive teams, managers and frontline staff, she has translated her years of learning into The 3 Step Meeting Framework™.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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