Meetings, the Underrated Leadership Activity

with Ben Witheford

Tuesday 23 February 9am - 11am

Most leaders get promoted to leadership roles, and then it is assumed by those who promoted them that they know how to carry out all the roles and responsibilities of leadership, things like running a highly effective meeting.

Given that these are critical leadership activities, why do we leave them to chance? What if we taught our leaders how to run meetings so that the organisation's mission and vision were advanced?

Learning Outcomes

What you will learn:

By the end of this 2 hour session, participants will have gained insights into what makes for effective meetings.

They will also leave with practical tips for making the most of this underrated leadership activity.

The session will cover the following topics:

Setting the agenda - What does a perfect agenda look like?
Setting the meeting purpose - Do you know why you're meeting?
Structuring the meeting - The right structure for the right purpose.
Retaining focus - Strategies to move the agenda forward and retain the purpose.
A meeting for all occasions - Knowing what the meeting is for and how it should be run.
Engaging the whole person - Knowing the people in the room well makes the biggest difference.
The neuroscience of meetings - How do people's thinking preferences and psychological needs influence a meeting?
Time, time, time - avoiding the meeting plague - where the minutes are taken and the hours are lost.

Who Should Attend

Any person charged with running/chairing a meeting. Even if you’re a seasoned pro or you’re running a meeting for the first time next week, you will leave the session with practical actions to make your meetings more effective.

Book Workshop

About the presenter:

Ben Witheford

Ben is the principal of Shotover Primary School, a fantastic school located in stunning Queenstown, New Zealand. Before that he was the principal of Otautau School in Western Southland. Shotover opened in 2015 and was a greenfield development.

Opening with 88 children, its current roll is approximately 600. It has a reputation for providing a highly effective culture of learning using a combination of contemporary learning spaces, authentic learning design, and learning-focused professionals.

With over 28 years in education and the last 19 as a principal, he has a keen interest in creating environments that enable professionals to do their best work, empowering them to cause learning for the children in their care.

His work in recent years has concentrated on building effective teams, cultures of coaching, authentic curriculum design and coherent learning focussed cultures. Organisational Cultures that know what they’re about and work hard each day to make that happen.

Date : Tuesday 23 February 2027

This workshop will be delivered using ZOOM.

We will send you the login details and any pre-workshop materials 1 week before the workshop.

Book NOW 23 February

Price & Registration Information

Standard Price: $175 per person including GST.

Payment online is by Debit or Credit Card: VISA, Mastercard or American Express only and there are 3 easy steps to complete the online booking process.

Upon hitting the blue "Complete Booking" button, you will receive an automated email confirming your registration and you will also be a sent in a separate email a Tax Invoice showing your booking as being paid in full by Credit Card.
This will appear on your statement as from LIL REGIE LTD WELLINGTON, our NZ based booking agent.

If you have any issues or questions about your booking, please contact Nathalie van Dort: nathalie@grow.co.nz or ph: 021 066 9811

Can't pay online and require an invoice?

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Please email nathalie@grow.co.nz if you would like to reserve a place, as our workshops fill quickly.

What happens if you have to cancel?

We know that sometimes your plans can change for many different reasons. Should you be unable to attend, a substitute delegate is welcome to attend at no extra cost. If a substitute delegate is not available and you need to cancel your registration, please be aware of the following:

Up to 7 days prior to the event you will be provided a refund of your registration cost, less a $20.00 inc GST per attendee service charge.

If you cancel within 7 days of the event, you are not eligible to receive a refund. Please note: should your registration not be paid by the time of the event, you are still liable to make the payment. Unpaid accounts may be passed over to our debt collection agency and additional costs may be incurred.

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