Trouble with meetings? Here are 9 techniques to ensure your meetings are productive and result in positive outcomes for all involved.

1. to Encourage Positive
Outcomes from Meetings
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9 TECHNIQUES

2. Team meetings that involve
problem solving and decision
making often get people to
act in an irrational manner.

3. Leaders and project
managers can adopt these
strategies to encourage
the BEST POSSIBLE outcome
from difficult meetings

4. 1
Encourage
people to speak

5. 2
Ask
probing questions

6. 3
Avoid questions
that may be
counterproductive

7. 4
Keep emotions
under control

8. 5
Solicit feedback

9. 6
Provide constructive
feedback rather than
personal criticism

10. 7
Understand the people
on the team and their
needs and interests

11. 8
Understand the legal
implications of all
of the alternatives
and decisions

12. 9
Resist attempts
at gamesmanship

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from Harold R. Kerzner’s
Project Management 2.0:
Leveraging Tools, Distributed
Collaboration, and Metrics
for Project Success
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