Prestige Highlights Effective Techniques for Ensuring Productive Meetings No matter how painful they may sometimes seem, meetings in some capacity will always be necessary in the workplace. Even the most informal ones are needed for planning, setting goals, negotiating, and more. If they are facilitated the right way, they can even be enjoyable. Here are some ways to make it happen, from the Prestige office to yours: • Prepare: Every meeting should have a clearly-defined purpose. Prior to every scheduled event, create an agenda and distribute it, along with any other relevant materials, to your colleagues. Do so far enough in advance that everyone has time to read through what will be discussed and to think about any questions or comments they may have. • Encourage Conversation and Decisions: Avoid reviewing any information during meetings that could be sent in emails. This includes factual information, such as analytical reports. Meetings should be designated forums for discussions, decisions, and the assignment of action items and deadlines. • Follow-Up Afterward: After every meeting, participants should understand what is expected of them in order for the team to achieve the objectives discussed in the session. Of course, it can also be helpful to send a follow-up email as an overview and reminder of the information that was covered. Every day in the United States, 11 million meetings take place. Just over 37% of them are considered unnecessary wastes of resources. Overall, that amounts to $30 billion that can be redirected else-where every year. We at Prestige make every effort not to be part of these statistics, and so should you. The post Prestige Highlights Effective Techniques for Ensuring Productive Meetings appeared first on Prestige Promotions.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:53:34 +0000
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