Why is this important?

How many meetings do you attend? How much of your time is wasted in unproductive meetings? Research suggests that businesses waste millions of pounds every month because of unnecessary and unproductive meetings. In today's competitive marketplace, no business can afford to squander their resources or pay for unnecessary operational costs. You deliver your corporate strategy and achieve your objectives for growth and profit through the people you employ. If they are spending their time sitting in meetings which they don't need to attend, or which don't lead to focused action on business critical issues, then you are literally throwing money away.

Have you ever considered how much your business is wasting through meetings which are badly run, have no definable outcome or shouldn't have been held in the first place?

How O"can help you

Running effective meetings should be an absolute given competency for all levels of staff. Our experience at O" has identified that few employees have received training to enable them to run effective meetings. Yet, for the cost of two 1-2-1 personal coaching sessions, this skill can be learnt and immediately implemented in the workplace with dramatic results.

At O" we will skill your employees at:

• clarifying why a meeting is needed instead of other action
• thinking through the outcome required
• designing the structure, form and location of the meeting
• questioning and deciding who should attend and for how long
• producing a solution focused agenda
• management of the meeting process
• how to deal with over/under participation or resistance
• different influencing styles to use in meetings
• how to summarise, record and review agreed action points

The benefits to you

Quite simply, skilling your employees to run effective meetings (including making the all-important decision about whether a meeting is needed at all) will save you many thousands of pounds. You will benefit from a high return on your investment and will see rapid, noticeable differences in your employees' productivity and effectiveness.

Are you certain that every meeting held in your business is necessary and productive?

Have you given your employees specific training or coaching on how to run productive meetings?

If you have answered "no" to any of the above questions, contact Robin Johnson or Philip Perry at O" Consulting on 0845 260 7700 or email info@o-consulting.com