These days meetings take up a lot of our precious time so need to be succinct and effectively managed. If you are new to chairing meetings or want to lead productive meetings that make the best use of everyone's time, then this topic will point you in the right direction.

Objectives

• Describe why good preparation is important
• Explain how to encourage participation
• List the benefits of impartiality
• Describe how to keep a meeting on track
• Explain why listening effectively is important
• Explain how to sum up at the end of a meeting
• List ways to ensure the meeting starts and finishes on time