Meetings are necessary for any organisation to function correctly. They are often the only vehicle by which different departments are brought together to address the challenges that they collectively face. However, meetings are a big investment. The cost of a meeting cannot be based solely on the time of those attending; particularly if the meeting is not effective. C2 has the experience to:
Recognise
the issues that characterise ineffective meetings.
Help
participants to agree a list of the real issues
to be discussed and resolved.
Use
facilitation techniques to reach pragmatic
decisions that all participants will agree.
Provide
an interface between different departments to
improve clarity, perspective and decision making.
Ensure
important issues are not forgotten by providing a neutral and objective
opinion.
Employ
active listening and conflict resolution techniques to bring out the best
in people.
Know
what situations require facilitation and where it
may be best employed.
C2 has significant experience in working with organisations to improve the effectiveness of their meetings, act as an interface between business and It departments and ensure that the each meeting fulfils its purpose.
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Ineffective
meetings are characterised by an inability to complete all agenda items,
a feeling of disempowerment from those who attended or many action items
being to call further meetings. Ineffective meetings reduce the effectiveness
of your staff, delay key decisions and can remove any business benefits
to the organisation gained through timely decision making. This can have
a negative effect on staff morale as meetings are perceived to be a waste
of time and effort. Top
One
of the principle issues that arises in meetings when attempting to reach
an agreement is that of understanding what the real issues are. In any
organisation, each department is assumed to be putting its own needs first
and can often be unreceptive to the needs of other departments. Often
this arises from preconceptions, politics, assumptions, a basic lack of
understanding of the needs of each department or just that one or two
individuals dominate the meeting. Top
Facilitation
is a process for developing better solutions to important problems or
issues. The process allows for increased input from many sources. Important
issues can be identified and examined. The focus is on common interests
and not differences and the objective is to reach productive conclusions
to which all participants are committed. Top
Employing
a C2 Consulting facilitator will provide your business with greater clarity
and focus in its decision making and an essential interface between departments,
particularly business and IT functions. It will ensure that your meetings
are more productive and effective. Our facilitators
encourage all members of the meeting to contribute. They will give your
meetings structure and keep the meeting on track so that all agenda items
are discussed. Finally, they will mediate between attendees to achieve
consensus. Top
Our
facilitators are objective and neutral and
will ensure that important issues are not glossed over, issues that will
impede progress are identified as early as possible and disputes are managed
or avoided. Top
They
are adept at active listening, conflict resolution and bringing
out the best in people. They question to ensure understanding throughout
the group and bring their own experience to problem solving within the
meeting. Top
C2
Consulting advises organisations to use our facilitators in the following
situations: