Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations — Part 2: During the meeting
In the first part of this series titled “Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations — Part 1: Before the meeting”, I have covered how to prepare for successful meeting.
In this article, I will talk about how to ensure the success of a meeting.
The distinction between the meeting organiser and meeting invitee mentioned in Part 1 does not necessarily apply during the meeting.
The organiser or who materially sent out the invitation, perhaps on behalf of someone else, may in fact not be present in the meeting at all.
As we will see, during the meeting different roles may be needed and taken by any participant. These roles may change depending on whether a process meeting or a purpose meeting is taking place.
Key aspects for the success of the meeting (no matter what type of meeting) are punctuality, time-boxing, rhythm, time management and perception, and active listening. There are also techniques, methods and frameworks that can be used to achieve meeting goals.
Let’s start with some roles.
According to the crowd and needs, the organiser or facilitator (but also anyone else) can take the lead to request other specific roles if…
