Making Meetings More Productive

The average worker spends 5.6 hours each week in meetings, yet most employees felt that meetings weren't productive!

This is an ideal course for anyone who organises and chairs meetings. It will help you to plan, control and record meetings more effectively and professionally.

Featuring John Cleese and Robert Hardy, this course is a great introduction to the skills needed to run effective meetings.


• Microsoft Office Survey 2005

You'll learn how to:

• Recognise the characteristics of a good meeting
• Understand the importance of planning and overcome common planning problems
• Create an effective meeting agenda
• Prioritise agenda items and allocate time appropriately
• Manage and control a meeting as the chair
• Successfully record the notes of a meeting

Course features:

You'll work through the course online, where you'll complete a series of exercises. All you need is access to the internet.

Famous faces including John Cleese and Robert Hardy will show you how to make business meetings more productive.

The course follows a hapless manager as he stands trial for a catalogue of meeting misdemeanours: failing to prepare, failing to plan the agenda, failing to control the discussion and failing to record the decisions.

As the judge considers the evidence, you'll recognise some common meeting mistakes and understand how to correct them. The familiar settings and witty role play will help you to apply the material to your own workplace.

Before you begin you'll take a short test to help identify any knowledge gaps. As you work through the course you'll be presented with simple exercises to check your learning.

You'll have access to this course for six months from the date of purchase - giving you plenty of time to finish your course.

How this course can help your business:

Course Code: 104198BT057