Purpose:
Accelerate time to results through productive conversations, whether face-to-face, virtual or a combination
Intended results:
- Virtual meetings achieve or exceed intended outcomes
- Objectives and expectations are clear at the outset
- Participants come prepared and ready to contribute
- Important issues are acknowledged and addressed
- Vital output is captured and available for immediate use
- People are energized and committed to following through
Structure:
We work with clients to:
- Clarify objectives and agree on intended outcomes
- Identify important parameters and constraints
- Realistically assess how much time and which participants are needed to achieve intended outcomes
- Determine meeting methods and technologies that can best achieve goals
- Create detailed agendas and activities designed to make the best use of meeting time
- Identify additional methods of communication that will enhance results
- Prepare client sponsor and participants, enabling everyone to fully contribute right up front
- Determine roles and responsibilities of participants, sponsor, and others
- Ensure that clients will make the necessary commitments to follow through and communicate progress
- Keep conversations focused and on track
- Provide meeting output that can be applied immediately for quick results
Getting Started:
To explore how we can help your organization design and lead a terrific virtual meeting, please contact us for more details. If you’re interested in developing this important competency in-house, please see our Bridging the Distance information sheet or our one-page snapshot that describes our Planning and Running Engaging Virtual Meetings workshop series.
