Seminar on chairing skills – members
Thursday 26th November, 2009
£139.00
26th November 2009
Seminar on chairing skills – members
Queens Hotel, Leeds
£139.00 + VAT
Effective chairing skills are vital to effective scrutiny – thus allowing your authority to properly investigate council and partner performance, and chart a path for the local public sector through the recession. With budgets being cut back, members need to use their skills both as chairs and committee members forensically (to analyse current performance and expenditure) and strategically (to see how decisions being made now will have an impact on public services in the years to come).
Enjoy a lively, interactive and entertaining training session with former Councillor and professional trainer David McGrath aimed at developing your skills in the management of meetings.
David says: ‘Delegates will enjoy practicing some of the key skills involved in managing meetings and will get feedback and advice to take their skills and personal effectiveness to the next level.
Who should attend?
Chairs with all levels of experience
Prospective chairs of scrutiny
Starting with registration and refreshments at 10.00am for 10.30am start. Event to finish around 4.30pm
David will coach members in a number of key techniques including:
- ‘The Magic Minute’ : a proven technique to open meetings, set the scene, focus minds, motivate attendees and reinforce the authority of the chair
- ‘Orchestration and rapport building’: The key body language and voice projection and inflection required to stay in charge and maintain interest
- 'Managing Dr Heckle and Mr Jibe’ (Challenging contributors)!!
- ‘Channelling and summarising’: turning potentially disruptive behaviour and contributions into an asset to the meeting.
Format:
- Welcome, introductions and outcomes
- The purpose of the chair
- The ‘Best and Worst Chair’
- The meetings jigsaw: efficiency and effectiveness, partners and key success factors
- Prepare to chair – preparation planner
- Getting started: ‘The Magic Minute’ theory, practice and templates
- Maintaining momentum: orchestration and summarising
- ‘Dr Heckle and Mr Jibe’: managing challenging people
- 'Pause for thought’: constructing a personal action plan
About David McGrath:
- Managing Director of Link Support Services (UK) Ltd a business focused on providing training for elected members
- Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Personnel Development
- Author on elected member development strategies
- Formerly the youngest Councillor in Birmingham, youngest person to chair a political party in Birmingham, 25 years experience of chairing meetings (Council, political, community and professional).
To book please complete booking form and email events@cfps.org.uk
How to book:
Queens Hotel, Leeds