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Positive Returns on your Meeting Investment

Meetings are inevitable. They are also an investment. If you are in charge of leading a meeting, you invest time and other resources before, during and after the meeting. The same may be true for those attending as well.

Since meetings are costly, it’s critical they be highly effective. Much has been written about the keys to successful meetings; having a clearly stated purpose, starting with everyone present and on time, focusing on action items rather than recaps, balanced participation and the best meetings of course, end early.

Wouldn’t it be great if knowing and considering all of this was enough? Unfortunately, it’s not.

The realities of the work world set in and take their toll. So it’s really important that when you are charged to lead or take the initiative to lead that meeting, you are well prepared. To ensure that even when you have all the ‘best practices’ of leading meetings in place, you not only use your strengths in facilitating, but recognize when it’s necessary for you to adapt those strengths to meet participant needs.

The ‘Managing Meetings’ report found in the pull-down menu on your imapMyTeam home page, describes various strengths you have and where those strengths are helpful to getting results in meetings. The report then takes you another step. It suggests ways in which you will need to modify that strength when what you are doing isn’t getting the results you want.

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Learn to incorporate imapMyTeam as part of your ‘best practices’ for effective meeting regimen and make sure your time yields a positive return on your meeting investment.