Running and Participating in Effective Meetings

Improve your meeting management and participant skills to run and take part in more effective meetings.

Team members participating in a workplace meeting during Running and Participating in Effective Meetings training

Overview

Poorly run meetings are one of the biggest drains on productivity in Australian organisations, costing billions of dollars each year in wasted time. While meetings are essential for decision-making, problem-solving, and collaboration, they often become unproductive when there is no clear structure, purpose, or active participation. Without the right meeting management skills, organisations risk losing valuable time, energy, and focus.

Running and Participating in Effective Meetings training equips participants with the practical skills to plan, lead, and contribute to productive meetings—both in-person and virtual. Participants learn how to create clear agendas, keep discussions on track, encourage participation, manage difficult behaviours, and ensure strong follow-through after meetings. By the end of the course, participants will be able to run efficient, outcome-focused meetings that save time, improve decision-making, and deliver real business results.

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What Are the Key Learning Outcomes?

  • Why are meetings important within your team and wider organisation?
  • Why do so many employees “detest” attending meetings?
  • What are the four main objectives of a meeting?
  • Do we need a meeting?
  • How can we avoid holding a meeting?
  • How to successfully plan every meeting (so it’s a valuable use of everybody’s time).
  • Why an agenda is critical.
  • Creating a purpose-driven agenda?
  • The strategies for leading or chairing a meeting involve setting the purpose.
  • Learn how to be a fully engaged participant.
  • Ways to eliminate group think in meetings?
  • Resolving disagreements and conflicts in meetings.
  • Learn how to chair and participate in both in-person and online meetings.
  • How to ensure meetings don’t get ambushed, sidetracked, or go off on tangents.
  • The proper method to wrap up meetings involves formulating the subsequent actions and forwarding the meeting minutes to all attendees.
Running & Participating in Effective Meetings training course

How Is This Training Delivered?

Training Options

One-Day, Half-Day, 60 Minute Lunch & Learn

Format

In-person (at your location) or Live Zoom /MS Teams

Style

Engaging, interactive, and highly practical, designed to keep participants involved, not sitting through long lectures or ‘death by PowerPoint.’

Customisation

Tailored to your organisation’s values, culture, and goals, ensuring the training is relevant, practical, and immediately applicable.

Who Will Benefit from this Training?

Managers and employees who want to run, contribute to, and facilitate more effective in-person and virtual meetings.

Managers and Team Leaders

Leaders responsible for running meetings, setting agendas, and ensuring outcomes are achieved.

Project Managers and Coordinators

Those who lead project meetings and need to keep discussions focused, organised, and on track.

Supervisors and Frontline Leaders

Leaders who run regular team meetings and need practical skills to manage time, participation, and results.

Team Members and Meeting Participants

Employees who contribute to meetings and want to communicate ideas clearly and add value.

“Our meetings used to drag on with little to show for it. This course gave me a clear structure to run focused, efficient meetings and get better input from the team. We’re now making decisions faster and using our time much more effectively.”

James Patel, Operations Supervisor

Why Choose The Success Institute for Running and Participating in Effective Meetings Training?

We deliver practical, results-driven training that focuses on how to run meetings that actually achieve outcomes. Participants learn simple, effective techniques to plan, lead, and participate in meetings with confidence.

Our training is designed for real workplace meetings, whether team catch-ups, project discussions, or leadership meetings. We provide tools to help participants stay on track, manage time effectively, and encourage meaningful participation from all attendees.

We also tailor our training to your organisation’s needs and meeting culture. The result is training that creates immediate impact, helping teams run more efficient meetings, make better decisions, and use their time more productively.

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