You’re sick of the same old voices dominating, some people not engaging, drifting off topic, not being sure what’s been decided. You want to have meetings where everyone is confident to contribute and you and your organisation benefit from all of the skills and experience in the room, on time, and on agenda. But 83% of managers have no training in meeting management, and new leaders hold 35% more meetings.
In this one-day interactive workshops, participants will learn how to use the Thinking Environment®, a framework to get everyone’s best independent thinking, to transform their meetings: to design with purpose, host with care, and leave with clarity.
By the end of the workshop, attendees will have a clear meeting structure, simple tools to manage contributions, a process to frame agenda items as questions based on required outcomes, and a way of capturing decisions and actions everyone is engaged with. Participants will also spend time considering how to adapt these skills to their day to day setting and will be able to confidently invite others to work in this way.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the components that enable people to think really well
- Be able to use the four basic tools to enable people to think and contribute in meetings: Rounds, Thinking Pairs, Dialogue, Open Discussion
- Understand how to prepare meetings using a simple structure
- Be able to formulate outcome-based agenda questions
- Be able to manage and make the most of presentations
- Use a simple structure to enable meeting participants to share challenges and benefit from the wisdom and experience of the group
- Be able to make and capture decisions and agreements
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Welcome and Introductions
- Overview of the day, objectives, and format
- Participant introductions and expectations
- Tool One: Rounds, theory & practice
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Thinking in Pairs and Transformative Listening
- Tool Two: Thinking Pairs – Theory & Practice
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Morning Break
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Thinking in Groups
- Tool Three: Dialogue – Theory & Practice
- Tool Four: Discussion – Theory & Practice
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Issues into Questions
- Framing powerful, question-based agendas that get results
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Lunch
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The Meeting
- Presentation: Meeting Principles & Structure
- Practice meeting with group-decided agenda
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Afternoon Break
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The Thinking Council®
- Harnessing the group’s wisdom and experience to address individual challenges
- Theory & Practice
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Trainer’s Summary, Delegate Feedback and Close
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How do I introduce this to my colleagues?
*Programme subject to change
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We are now taking bookings for our wide range of training packages in-house your organisation; we also offer bespoke packages tailored for your organisation.
For more information or to discuss the available option please call 0203 961 5002 or email Info@GovernmentEvents.co.uk
- Public Sector : £550+VAT
- Private Sector : £620+VAT
- Voluntary Sector: £480+VAT
