Meetings That Get Results

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Facilitating

MAKING IT EASIER WITH THREE CORE SKILLS

This chapter focuses on detailing three core skills for meeting leaders who value facilitation, servant leadership, and getting DONE faster (structure). As meeting facilitator, you need to command these core skills but, at the same time, remember to always reduce or eliminate distractions so that your group stays focused.

Three Core Skills of Meeting Leaders

The following are three core skills vital to effective meeting leadership:

1. Speaking and Questioning Clearly
   • – Being parsimonious—expressing the most with the least
   • – Clarifying the meaning of terms—timely expanding and focusing conversation ...