
This is the opening section, in which Mike will introduce why you need to get the most from your meetings.
Please do download and print your course workbook, so you can follow along and make notes as you go.
The first thing to think about is the outcomes you want from your meeting.
And Mike will introduce you to one of the most valuable concepts in professional life... the 'Evidence Procedure'.
Meetings consist of conversations.
And there are five types of conversation, listed on page 3 of your workbook.
In this part of the course, Mike describes each type, and what it can achieve.
Far too often, an agenda is an afterthought that we throw onto an email with little or no consideration.
But if you want to get results from your meeting, you'll need an 'Agenda for Results'. Mike will describe how it works in this lecture, and you can see a template on page 4 of your workbook.
This may sound like an obvious - even unnecessary - question.
But, the fact is that thinking about this in advance can be the difference from getting what you want... and not.
Mike will explain why.
Okay, so there are always some pretty mundane things to think about. Mike covers them all here.
But, don't be tempted to skip this lecture, thinking you know this stuff. If you miss one detail...
'For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost...'
What?
You think I'm going to tell you what they are here?
It's a short lecture... Just watch it!
Building rapport before the meeting starts formally will make everything go more smoothly.
But, what to talk about?
You know you need to avoid religion and politics, so what is safe?
FROGS - stands for five safe topics of rapport-building conversation.
Now we are at the heart of the program.
Let's look at the four stages of the meeting proper.
Now we've covered how to make the meeting work, what about you?
How can you exude executive presence, and make the right kind of positive, authoritative impact?
Let's find out what our audience knows about projecting presence and standing out at a meeting.
Let's find out what our audience knows about projecting presence and standing out at a meeting.
And Mike will add some extra thoughts.
The right posture is an important aspect of the way you project presence to the room.
Poise is calmness and confidence...
But about so much more too.
There's so much information available...
The person who makes the biggest contribution is often the one who can select which information to focus on.
Once you have selected what you want to say, you need to think about how you say it.
Mike will show you two formulas that will make your compelling and your message powerful.
Now you have selecting and structuring under your belt.
There are three other keys to impactful contributions:
Let's look at each.
What is gravitas and why is it important?
Try asking someone who feels nobody takes their ideas seriously.
Gravitas is the authority and weight that leads people to seek out your opinions, embrace your ideas, and trust your judgements.
What does Morgan Freeman know, that you can learn from?
What is you get a question at your meeting, and you don't know the answer?
After a long career of advising clients, Mike will share the perfect, high-trust, high-value answer to any question.
Making an impact and getting the outcomes you want is a skill set that all business professionals need.
And some of your most valuable time you spend is in meetings.
So, getting the most from your meetings is crucial. If you don’t, meetings can easily become a waste of your time, and a showcase for your weaknesses.
This course is designed for business professionals and senior managers, who need to make your meetings work for you.
The first half prepares you with a solid grounding in the basics of how meetings work. But it will give you new tips and ideas to set you up for success.
And the second half puts the focus on you and how you can project executive presence, create impact, and develop gravitas: the authority and trust that puts you at the top of people’s list of who to consult and trust.
Here are the main topics you'll learn about:
Everything you need to do, to prepare for an effective meeting
The five types of meeting and how you can combine them
An 'Agenda for Results'
The two most important parts of a meeting
Building rapport with FROGS
The four stages of a meeting
How to project presence
How to create impact with what you say
How to generate a sense of gravitas and authority
What if you get a question at your meeting, and you don't know the answer?
After a long career of advising clients, Mike will share the perfect, high-trust, high-value answer to any question.
In addition, you'll get downloadable workbook.
A Personal Message from the Course Tutor, Mike
This course came about when a client booked me for a conference for senior managers in professional services firms.
These high-powered people attend a lot of meetings and need to make their contributions to those meetings count. This is, after all, where they give the advice they are paid for, or make the sales that bring in new work.
But this time, as well as preparing carefully for the conference, I decided to record the sound, and develop a unique set of visuals to illustrate the ideas in a way that simply isn't possible in the live environment.
So, I hope you will enjoy and benefit from this innovative course, that combines the spontaneity of a live seminar, with the careful preparation of an online course - and this is my 10th course for Udemy.
Prior Experience
The only prior experience you need is attending business meetings in your working life.
Your Tutor
Your tutor is Dr. Mike Clayton. As a senior project, program and change manager at international consulting firm, Deloitte, Mike attended many meetings while he led large and complex change projects for his clients.
Now, as a trainer and facilitator, he has been applying what he learned and teaching it to others. This course represents 15 years' experience of what tools students find most helpful, and 25 years experience in business.
Your Unconditional, No-questions, 30-Day Guarantee
The best way to assess how valid this material is in you culture is to try it out. I am so confident that this course will change your life that I offer you an unconditional, no questions asked, full 30 day money-back-in-full guarantee. If you don't think this will give you the tools to do more with your time, then just ask for your money back.
And What if you have questions?
I will be on hand to answer your questions if you get stuck, puzzled, or just want to know more. As a professional trainer, this is what I do, and I promise to respond within 24 hours of your question arriving with me from Udemy.
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