One way to do this is to become a successful meeting expert. The ability to successfully manage a meeting is rare. Who among us hasn’t been to a horrible, boring, unproductive meeting? Not a single one. So if you hone these skills and you can produce results, you will stand out from the crowd and become a valuable resource to your company.
There are many meeting tips and insights we can share with you to help you harness your meeting power. They are scattered throughout this blog and we provide coaching to our customers. But the first and most critical step might involve augmenting your meeting philosophy. Meetings aren’t productive unless they lead to something positive for your company – either something that leads to more profit or something that leads to less waste. So planning a successful meeting requires more than just working out an agenda and selecting a time and place to meet. It requires you to think about what you want that desired result to be. These desired results may not happen straight after the meeting. If you’re holding meetings to plan a successful event, you might not know if they were successful until after the event. But keeping an eye on the ultimate prize is the best way to ensure you’re planning for success. It’s the different between having a meeting to demo your product and having a meeting to ensure a sale. By planning the demonstration based on the desired result of closing the sale, rather than just showing them the product, your expertise and creativity may lead you to tactics that you might otherwise not consider. With this in mind you can take your meetings to the next level. Are you ready to invest in your meeting expertise? Here are a few articles to get your started. How to sharpen your meeting objective – take it beyond the average objective. How to create a powerful agenda – solve problems and ensure success with a plan. How to select the right participants – make sure all meeting roles are filled. How to know if you’ve achieved your objectives – find out how to identify an effective meeting. TEAMINGS helps companies have truly successful meetings: on-line, over the phone and in person. Take the first step with a Free Conference Consultation. Click here for details.
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What’s the best way to advance your career? Simply, it’s to find out what your boss or their boss wants and exceed their expectations.
Repeat after me…
It’s not really about the meeting. It’s about the results.
The best way to ensure success is to identify your desired result and then create the environment that will best enable that result.
