Do you ever feel like your meetings are unproductive? Like no one is really listening, and you’re not getting anywhere? If so, you’re not alone. Millions of people struggle with leading productive meetings.
The good news is that there is a solution. With facilitator training, you can learn the communication skills you need to lead productive meetings. You’ll learn how to create an inclusive and engaging environment, build consensus, and reach your goals.
Why This Makes Sense
“The best meetings are the ones that don’t feel like meetings.” – Seth Godin
You just cannot afford to have sloppy communication skills if you work in a high performance organization. And this is especially the case when it comes to running effective meetings.
Many organizations hemorrhage away the one resource they cannot get back—time. It’s an invisible loss, one that does not appear on the financials. The absence of effective meetings cause no end of frustration in the ranks. Poor meetings have been endemic in American business for decades—like a genetic defect passed down to each generation.
Fortunately, time lost in meetings could be reduced by simply upgrading facilitation skills—especially meeting communication skills. Great group facilitators have mastered the 16 communication skills they must know about to move a group forward.
Examples:
- A company that used our facilitator training program was able to reduce the average meeting length by 30 minutes.
- A government agency that used our facilitator training program was able to improve the quality of their decision-making process.
These communication roles don’t last long—from a couple of seconds to a few minutes.
Skills To Learn include:
— Facilitative Leadership — Understanding how to play the role
— Playing the 10 task group communication roles that insure the job gets done.
— The 6 relationship communication roles the build bonds between individuals
— Recognizing and controlling the 10 self-oriented roles that disrupt group progress
— Identifying four personality types the produce dysfunctional behavior.
To Wrap Up
We’ll teach you how to:
- Create an inclusive and engaging environment
- Build consensus that facilitates reach your goals
We’ll also teach (or coach) you the latest facilitation techniques and tools. So whether you’re a seasoned facilitator or you’re just starting out, our program will help you take your meetings to the next level.
“When managers and other responsible persons in business organizations are asked how much of the work day is spent in communicating, the replies range from 85 to 99 percent.” — Harold Zelko and Frank Dance