Chairing Meetings

Course

Course duration: 1 day

Course cost : €300 Engineers Ireland & Engineers Skillnet member

                    €390 Engineers Ireland or Engineers Skillnet member

                    €545 Non-member

Overview 

To enhance engineers’ chairing skills and develop their management skills more fully.

On completing this programme, participants will be able to:

• Prepare more effectively for meetings
• Use a range of strategies to resolve issues
• Manage difficult people and situations more effectively
  
• Make more decisions and with greater consensus at meetings
  
• Chair meetings that achieve more results  

Who should attend

Those who lead groups or chair meetings in a technical environment on site or in office.

Outline

Course Content

• Understanding our role before, during and after meetings.
  
• Assessing the effectiveness of engineers’ meetings.
  
• Preparing focused agendas for efficient meetings.
  
• Developing key strategies for resolving issues .
  
• Working through agendas and making decisions.
• Managing difficult people and situations.
  
• Developing a more productive chairing style.

 

Trainer Profile

Tiernan Ivory, MA is a Communication Consultant with over ten years’ training experience. He specialises in developing course participants’ abilities in the areas of business writing, presentation skills, leadership skills, meeting management and time management.

 

Tiernan has worked with staff from many leading organisations in Ireland, has an MA in English, and prior to his university studies trained as a chartered accountant.