Making Meetings Mean Something Through Facilitation Training

By: Bob Moir
Submitted: 2008-08-05 15:55:33
Print this article | Tell a friend | For publisher | Social Bookmarking
Rating:
 

If you work in a corporate environment, chances are you'll find yourself in a meeting of some sort before the week is out.  But will it be an effective meeting, and is there a facilitator on hand to make sure its success is maximized?  The average meeting is just that, average, and the results, or lack thereof, speak for themselves.  More and more companies are asking who within their inner circle has the requisite facilitation training to make a meeting pop, and more and more often the answers are coming from the outside.  Companies like Facilitator4Hire are cultivating the art of facilitation skill training and making the concept of shorter, more productive meetings a reality.

The concept of meeting facilitation, or even the need for it, may come as a surprise to those who take pride in leading effective meetings that produce results.  Far from taking the need for a meeting facilitator or facilitation training personally, managers of all stripes have benefited by looking at it as a way to build upon what is already in place and make it better.  Think of it is a graduate degree in meeting management taught by an expert in the field.  The expert brought in to lead the facilitation process has already identified processes for every meeting type, and will customize yours based on client requirements.  Even as the meeting transpires, facilitation skills and a management model with which to lead future meetings are being transferred to your team leader.  Desired results and a blueprint for future success form a two-pronged basis for having a facilitator lead your next meeting.

Not everyone is comfortable with the idea of an actual facilitator leading their meetings.  That is understandable and thankfully not the only option.  Facilitation training classes provide another wonderful opportunity for individuals and teams to receive personalized coaching and apply proven techniques they'll come to depend on in future meetings.  The option of including an entire team in facilitation training has the obvious dividend of giving everyone involved a sense of ownership in the process of re-shaping meetings.

Take a good hard look around at your next meeting or two.  Are they cultivating the types of results they're meant to?  And if they are, is there still room for a higher ceiling of success?  Of course there is, and often times it's just a matter of facilitation.

Bob Moir is the president of Facilitator 4 Hire. Facilitator 4 Hire specializes in serving the technology and business functions of organizations in many industries. They specialize in facilitating face-to-face meetings, but we also facilitate technology-supported meetings including teleconferences, video and web-based conferences.

Article source: Expert Articles

Most Recent Articles in Management category

  • Employee involvement - By: john david
    Employee involvement involves the creation of an environment wherein people are involved in the decision making process that have an impact on the decisions and the actions that have a bearing on the jobs.
  • Work from Home Based Business With 7 Secrets of Internet Millionaires - By: Gagan kainth
    The external and internal secrets of Internet millionaires are explored. Find out what the Internet millionaires know that has made them so successful.
  • The Top 10 Questions to Ask Your Community Association Management Company - By: James Small
    Throughout the industry, HOA Management Companies overload their community managers by giving them too many homeowners associations to manage
  • Things to think about before hiring an accountant - By: Michiel Van Kets
    Locating a good honest accountant is not as simple as you would think. The majority of us looks in a local directory and chooses the first one who answers the phone.
  • A Chartered Accountant Can Help You In Many Ways - By: Michiel Van Kets
    The function of a chartered accountant can be intricate to understand, the majority just associates them with tax returns.
  • Considerable Factors involved in Product Creation & Marketing - By: Kamal Kant Gupta
    The niche you have chosen should allow creation of more than one product or service. With the technological advancements in the hosting industry, from automated control panels and scripts that simplify creation of accounts, to complete turnkey solutions; there is no need to worry about spending time on the real products sold to the customer.
  • No One Wants To Hear They Have An Ugly Baby - By: Rene Jones
    It's time to admit you have an, "Ugly Baby!" Or, in distribution terminology, "Admit your warehouse is in shambles!" If your warehouse has returns that sit around for days without being processed, "Your warehouse is in shambles." If your warehouse has receiving that does not get received for days, then once it is received it sits again before it is put away, "Your warehouse is in shambles!" If your customer service personnel spend more time in the warehouse checking stock, because your inventory is so inaccurate, "Your warehouse is in shambles!"
  • Make your Sales Team the Best with Excellent Sales Training - By: John McLean
    An article that shows you how to get the best sales team with the best training courses
  • Highlighting The Benefits Of Project Management Training - By: Gurinder Singh
    Project management is one of the important processes of an organization for the simple reason that it answers a lot of your questions and adds order to the company. With this, project management training is important to ensure that you have the right skills and knowledge when it comes to doing project management.
  • Benefits of Management are Essential for Business - By: Avesh Dahiya
    During the implementation of project, the benefits manager has to check whether the benefits are being achieved within the specified time frame. Therefore helps the management in selecting the right projects.