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Print PageFacilitation & Meetings Skills for Line Managers
Description:
One of the most common difficulties for managers is to use meetings as a way to bring people together and solve problems. This workshop will be designed to refresh the skills of the managers and equip them to run meetings and manage group settings. It will provide realistic, relevant techniques and strategies to support the manager. It also addresses the situation where the manager may need to manage inappropriate behaviour and difficult situations. Specifically this workshop will help the managers to capture the real value from productive team meetings.
- Cost: €795.00
- Duration: 2 days
- Cork Date: Jan 26-27, Mar 21-22, May 9-10
- Limerick Date: Feb 13-14, May 15-16
- Dublin Date: Feb 23-24, May 30-31, Jul 12-13
- This course is also available as a customised client specific course.
Prerequisites:
Training Objectives :
Having completed the training participants will:
• Understand how their communication style can impact on the meeting effectiveness
• Use active listening and effective questioning to generate realistic solutions to a variety of problems
• Conduct productive team meetings
• Encourage participatory decision making and enhance ownership of issues
• Manage inappropriate behaviour
• Recognise that disagreement is not always negative
• Understand how their communication style can impact on the meeting effectiveness
• Use active listening and effective questioning to generate realistic solutions to a variety of problems
• Conduct productive team meetings
• Encourage participatory decision making and enhance ownership of issues
• Manage inappropriate behaviour
• Recognise that disagreement is not always negative
The role of the facilitator :
Preparing for success
The important of impartiality
Getting the session started
Focussing the group
1+1+1+1=5
The important of impartiality
Getting the session started
Focussing the group
1+1+1+1=5
Your organisation :
Setting the context
Understanding the external influences
Understanding the external influences
Facilitators Toolkit :
Agenda
Ground rules
Active agreement
Prioritising
Ownership
Note taking
Mood watcher
Reframing
Tension breakers
Ground rules
Active agreement
Prioritising
Ownership
Note taking
Mood watcher
Reframing
Tension breakers
Group Dynamics :
Dysfunction as a symptom not a root cause
Managing dysfunction
Conscious prevention
Early detection of conflict
Conflict as a valuable tool
Building consensus
Managing dysfunction
Conscious prevention
Early detection of conflict
Conflict as a valuable tool
Building consensus
Encouraging participation :
Using new voices
Using visual aids
The value of the flip charts
Affect of room layout
Debate or dialogue
Using visual aids
The value of the flip charts
Affect of room layout
Debate or dialogue
Review:
Were the objectives met
What progress was made
What to do with items not addressed
Confirming commitment to decisions
Assigning responsibility for possible action lists
What progress was made
What to do with items not addressed
Confirming commitment to decisions
Assigning responsibility for possible action lists
Evaluate:
What was accomplished?
Are there tangible results
Are there tangible results
End :
Next Steps
Debrief :
Meet with stakeholders or meeting sponsors to review areas for improvement
Facilitating at meetings :
Why do meetings need facilitators
Dominators and repeaters
Gender issues in meetings and groups
Who is heard and why?
Actions and delegations
Identifying the weight of the actions
Dominators and repeaters
Gender issues in meetings and groups
Who is heard and why?
Actions and delegations
Identifying the weight of the actions