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Being A Meeting Leader
September 24, 2003
"Many persons have
a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through
self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." - Helen Keller
BEING A MEETING LEADER
The September 2003 issue of "Work & Family Life" contained this advice from Gordon Mack on how to facilitate a meeting:
* Offer encouragement. Recognize group members' contributions. Validate their opinions, ideas and feelings.
* Be a mediator. Resolve disagreements among group members by offering compromises, legitimizing the existence of different opinions or suggesting a creative solution that integrates mutual concerns.
* Act as a gatekeeper. Help keep communication open by inviting quieter members to speak or proposing procedures to give everyone equal time.
* Comment on the process. Point out when the group develops an especially effective way to dealing with a task. Summarize what was accomplished. Let people know when you agree with the group's decision.
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