Unit III: Group/Organizational Leadership Skills 2. Effective Meetings

Good management skills are essential for having effective meetings. In fact, effective meetings are one criterion used to measure the effectiveness of a group. This factor can help to determine if you want to join the group. Running meetings, delegating, and setting group goals are important skills for working with others. Organizing and leading productive meetings can increase the amount of business completed in a group, save time, and make group members want to participate. Learning how to build agendas, conduct meetings, and lead a group are important tools that all leaders need to manage a group effectively. 2Meeting Guidelines Guidelines for effective meetings are simple. The following concepts can be used for formal and informal gatherings to produce efficiently run and productive meetings (Pitrak an