Informative / Advisory

● both to give and receive information

● to coordinate activities

● to record progress towards stated goals

Consultative

● to resolve objections

● to involve people in change or a new course of action

● to get to know people, as a means of fostering greater understanding between colleagues

Problem Solving

● to consider all possibilities and create ideas

● to value the ideas and identify feasible options

● to chose course of action and initiate that action

Decision-Taking

● to take decisions

● to generate commitment

● to share responsibility

● to initiate action

Negotiation

● to find the best solution / a mutually agreeable compromise

● to create an agreement or contract

Functions of the Meetins  ●  Cross-functional Team Meeting  ●  Presentation Skills

Meetings should not be boring

A typical staff meeting is often a boring uncreative process. At such a meeting, a formal, professional atmosphere is combined with a meeting agenda to keep people "focused," or "on track." The meeting manager fails to ask for creating ideas, even at the most opportune points. In such meetings, the participants get bored, and freewheeling is bound to occur.