Purposeful Meetings: Lead with Clarity and Confidence

You sit in meetings that achieve nothing, and so does everyone else in the room. Nobody is taught how to chair one, so the same hour disappears every week with no decision made and no owner named.

Three hours on the practical craft of chairing. Agendas that work, decisions that stick, and actions somebody actually completes.

• Write an agenda that names the decision to be made, so people arrive knowing what the meeting is for.
• Chair confidently and inclusively, keeping to time while making sure the quiet people in the room get heard.
• Run an action log that creates accountability, with named owners and dates rather than vague collective intentions.
• Handle dominant voices, drift and open disagreement in the room without the meeting collapsing or the issue going unaddressed.
• Match your approach to the meeting type, so a governance meeting does not run like a team huddle.