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Conducting effective international meetings
Summary
Target audience
Employees and managers leading international meetings
Prerequisite
No prerequisite
Objectives
At the end of the training session, participants will have the tools to:
- Mastering meeting facilitation techniques
- Presenting work and prospects clearly
- Adopting a communication strategy adapted to the context of the meeting
- Leading debate and encouraging dialogue
- Identifying misunderstandings due to cultural differences
Added value
- Conducted by an English-speaking facilitator from the business world
- Teaching method mainly based on oral expression and role plays
- Practical applications in the learner's professional context
- Linguistic certification test (in the case of a CPF)
ACCESSIBILITY
All our training courses are accessible to people with disabilities. Each training project will be the subject of a case study by our teams, in order to adapt the training program.
Program
Approaching and preparing for an international meeting
- ‘Fail to prepare and you prepare to fail’: the importance of preparation
- ‘My English is ... ’ Preparing to speak with confidence in Globish
- Preparing the agenda: why, what, how, who? What are the reasons for the meeting? What subjects, how to tackle them, who to invite?
- What are the cultural preferences of the participants? Cultural dimensions to take into account:
- Hierarchical distance (what effects should we anticipate from the hierarchical levels present ... or missing?)
- Task vs. relationship orientation
Successfully leading the meeting
- Creating the right framework; the role of small talk; agenda, roles and responsibilities, meeting rules
- Distinguishing between the roles of facilitator and speaker
- Making an impact when speaking
- Clarification and coaching techniques
- Cultural dimensions to be taken into account
- Application of rules: strict vs. contextual
- Empirical vs. theoretical reasoning
Making meetings effective
- The roles of the ‘decision-maker’ and the ‘scribe’
- From discussion to definition of actions: SMART actions
- The cultural dimensions to be taken into account:
- Setting up a framework
- Meeting rules
- Handling disagreements: reformulation techniques
- A few best practices for writing a clear and comprehensive summary
- Closing the meeting
Intra-company coursesDuration: to define
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