This document outlines the agenda for an Organizational Leadership Program learning lab on effective meetings. The agenda includes introductions, establishing group norms, exercises on communication patterns and decision making, and a discussion on constructive disagreement. For the communication patterns exercise, groups will discuss different meeting "characters" and how to address problematic behaviors. Decision making approaches that could be used are also outlined such as consensus, voting, or using Robert's Rules. The lab aims to teach participants how to work effectively together and make decisions in meetings.
Communication: Each table: have a facilitator with a plan and sociogram
Handout [ what are meeting norms]
The Parking Lot: It is used for a facilitator to keep track of issues not on agend and to address at teh end of teh meeting or at a future meeting. (Tricia will manage parking lot)
Intros attables
Instructions:
Identify an observer to do soiciogram (We float to make sure observers are doing the job)
Give table a description of one: (Tricia create cards]
High Status
Hidden Agenda
Chatty Kathy
Quiet One
Debrief: Sociogram. Not having a decision rule (voting)
What decision rule did you use?
Let’s hear from the observer - what did you see? Each observer share 2 things
What did you notice about the patterns of communication? [handout: comm tips - listening, active listening, clarity] [diff personalities