Effective Meetings: A 20/20 MDS® eLearning Course
In any review that asks managers to list the major time-wasters in their working day, meetings virtually always come towards the top of the list. When a few more questions are asked to find out why this is, responses come back that most meetings are unnecessary, boring, achieve very little if anything and are 'talking shops'.
Two pieces of research show the scale of the question. One indicates that managers spend up to 60% of their time in meetings of one sort or another and if you work out the financial cost of the salaries alone, you get an idea of the importance of making them effective. The other, carried out amongst several hundred senior managers, indicates that over 70% of respondents claim that many meetings are a waste of time, with over 75% attributing this to a lack of training on how to get the most from them.
A few meetings, though, are admitted to be worthwhile. They are helpful, seem to run on time, have an atmosphere of constructive communication and they seem to achieve something. This module looks at why this is. It starts here with the simple notion that meetings are made up of people. Meetings have no life of their own and so if they work or they don't work it has to be the people that are the deciding factor.
It is recommended that participants also undertake the Meeting Effectiveness Inventory as a part of this module.
The 20-20 MDS® series by WCOD is a management and leadership development program designed for professionals seeking to improve their management and leadership skills to help them reach their potential in the work world. Until now, the courses and workshops in this program were only available as a complete course of study within an accredited program. WCOD has recently begun making the eLearning courses and workshops from this management and leadership development program available to learners, trainers, coaches and consultants on a course-by-course basis.
The 20-20 MDS® eLearning courses available here are about 3 to 4 hours long, and may be completed in one sitting, or bookmarked and resumed at a later date when time permits. If you or your company are interested in information regarding the accreditation of these courses through the Institute for Leadership and Management, please contact us at info@readytomanage.com.
The 20-20 MDS® series courses and workshops are most appropriate for use with aspiring, junior or middle managers seeking to improve their management and leadership skills to help them reach their potential in the work world. These courses contain a useful mix of theory, practical explanation of concepts.