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Essential Meeting Blueprints for Managers

By : Sharlyn Lauby
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Essential Meeting Blueprints for Managers

By: Sharlyn Lauby

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Table of Contents (12 chapters)

5 tips for better training


Better training meetings take practice. Here are some words of wisdom from business professionals who have conducted more than their fair share of training meetings.

Pamela J. Green, MBA, SPHR, is president and CEO of the Power Project Institute. The company partners with organizations who love their employees and recognize the power of traditional values when delivered with modern human resource practices:

"My favorite meeting tip is this and I use it as a guide when helping clients prepare for meetings with me, as well as to help their teams prepare for trainings with me:

  • Provide context about the purpose of the meeting in advance

  • Offer an agenda in advance of the meeting (not the same day, but perhaps the day or two before, especially if someone needs to prepare)

  • Send out questions for attendees to consider for discussion purposes and add to the agenda

  • Set high standards, start, and end on time. If you can't end on time get the group's approval to move beyond the...