Shanu Singh Guliani

Effective Store Meetings

Everyone dreads attending meetings when they fail to start on time, run way over, or feel like a waste of time because the agenda wasn’t followed.

So, what’s the secret to an engaging sales meeting?

Try these tips:

1.      Bring in breakfast.

2.      Issue an agenda beforehand so attendees can come prepared.

3.      Ask for a volunteer to be a timekeeper for your meetings—make it his or her job to remind you of agenda item time limits. This frees you to focus on content.

4.      Start and end on time! Keep to the agenda items and minimize off-topic conversations.

5.      Establish ground rules for more effective meetings, including having only one person talk at a time—no side conversations.

6.      Rotate the chairperson at each meeting to improve team members’ meeting-management skills and to get them more involved.

7.      Gain consensus on decisions.

8.      At the end of each meeting, have team members rate its effectiveness and ask for their input on ideas for improvement.

Posted by Shanu Singh Guliani on October 26, 2008 | Comments (1)