Chairing Meetings - How to Facilitate with Authority

When you are chairing meetings, you need to stamp your authority on the meeting... without being authoritarian. So this video gives you my top tips for how to facilitate with authority.

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This video is part of course module number 2.3.2
Program 2: The Manager as Communicator
Course 3: Meetings
Section 2: Chairing Meetings

Primary videos that precede this video include:
Planning Your Meeting    • Chairing Meetings - Planning Your Meeting  
Meetings as Conversations    • Chairing Meetings - Meetings as Conversations  
Meeting Discipline    • Chairing Meetings - Meeting Discipline  
Hosting the Meeting    • Chairing Meetings - Hosting the Meeting  
Housekeeping    • Chairing Meetings - Housekeeping for your ...  

Primary videos that follow this video include:
Managing the Meeting    • Chairing Meetings - Managing the Meeting  
How to Close Your Meeting    • Chairing Meetings - How to Close Your Meeting  
Meeting Minutes and Follow-up    • Chairing Meetings - Meeting Minutes and Fo...  

LESSON NOTES
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Preparedness is probably the single biggest tip on how to facilitate with authority. But other factors also add to your credibility as the meeting facilitator:
position
rules
timing
ground rules (see our video on this:    • Chairing Meetings - Setting Ground Rules  )
demeanour
discipline

RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
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1. Prepare well for each of your next three meetings. This includes thinking about how you will come across with authority and gravitas. (3x1 MC CPD Point)
2. At each of your next three meetings, be deliberate in how you use our tips to increase your level of authority (3x1 MC CPD Point)
3. After each of your next three meetings, review what you did, how it went, and what you learned. Think about what you need to do differently (and what the same) at your next meeting (3x1 MC CPD Point)

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RECOMMENDED READING
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Running Meetings (HBR) https://geni.us/uTtzzH
Meetings Suck https://geni.us/PnqAf
Bad Meetings Happen to Good People https://geni.us/ehWHWW

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