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Work instructions:
Manuals of procedure

Team Meetings
A 90 minute Workout

Preparation

Those taking part are asked to:

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Review two agendas for the Workout - one containing the correct amount of detail, the other too little.

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Read a short paper on preparation.

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Write their 3 ‘pet hates’ about meetings in their organisation on a sheet of flipchart paper and bring it to the Workout.

Warm up

q

Purpose; agenda; how we will work; who does what

q

‘Pet hates’ up on the wall

5 minutes

Be prepared

q

The 3As - Aims; Agendas; Arrangements

q

Preparation by the person chairing the meeting

q

Preparation by those taking part

15 minutes

Getting started

q

How to get meetings off to a good start

q

Trigger video 1

10 minutes

Meetings that DRIFT : Meetings that DRIVE

q

How to turn bad meetings (that DRIFT) into good meetings (that DRIVE)

q

Trigger videos 2 - 7

50 minutes

Next steps

Summary of how to:

q

Fix the ‘pet hates’

q

Make other improvements

10 minutes

Total

90 minutes

Application

Those taking part are asked to:

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Apply the improvements they have identified during the Workout.

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Insert a short discussion at the end of regular meetings to review how they have gone - what went well; what went less well; improvements for next time.