Meetings.

Stand-up meetings.
Let's get it
started
Study the meeting problems and match the
underlined words to the definitions below

1. Things are behind schedule.

2. A few participants are dominating the meeting.
3. Meetings are often used to deal with immediate
problems.
4. Key people don’t attend.
5. People don’t follow through on action plans, tasks and
decisions after the meeting ends.
6. The participants are getting side-tracked.
a. controlling
b. discussing issues that are not relevant
c. do or complete something that was planned or
discussed
d. important
 Let’s read about different types of meetings
Onboarding meetings
When you hire someone new, that person has got a lot to learn if they want to
become a go-to player on your team, and onboarding meetings are a solid place
to facilitate that training.
Kickoff meetings
If you’re rolling out a new project or initiative, you need your team to know about
it. A kickoff meeting is a great place to fill them in.
Kickoff meetings are effective for several reasons, says Chaudron. “People have
to know what the long term goals of the project are going to be so that they can
align themselves properly. They really need to know their part in it, you need to
get their buy in. The buy in is particularly important so they can be enthusiastic
about whatever is going on.
Brainstorming meetings
Businesses run on new ideas. If you want to keep the river of ideas flowing,
brainstorming meetings are a must.
“Brainstorming meetings are designed to generate a lot of ideas over a short
period of time - and they’re critical if you’re trying to solve a problem or achieve
a goal”, says Chaudron.
Feedback and retrospective meetings
It’s important to have a kickoff meeting when you’re starting a project, but if you
want your team to really learn from their experience, it’s just as important, if not
more so, to have a retrospective team meeting when that project wraps.
 Let’s discuss a few more questions

What are the reasons meetings shouldn’t be held at the beginning of

the workday?
What are the benefits of holding shorter standup meetings?
What is the difference between a traditional meeting and a stand-up?
Standup meetings typically tackle 3 questions:
1 - “What did I accomplish yesterday?”
2 - “What will I do today?”
3 - “What obstacles, if any, are impeding my progress?”.
Are there any other questions you would add to these that would be
helpful in your line of work?
Open the link and have some practice
 Role play

A group of Japanese business people are going to be spending a few days visiting your company
and your boss has asked you and your partners to spend half a day showing them around your
city.
With your partners, discuss where you would like to take them.
Suggested phrases:
“Do you think they would like the local food?”
“Perhaps we could take the time golfing”
“What should we do after that?”
“I have a great place in mind”
 Role play

A healthy body means a healthy mind! Your boss asked you and your partners to come up with a
fitness campaign to improve the health of the employees in your organisation.
With your partners, discuss and plan how to implement the campaign.
Suggested phrases:
“Should we make it compulsory for?”
“There is a gym opposite our office”.
“How can we encourage people to take part?”
“Do you think yoga would be a suitable activity?”
 Let’s practice all of the vocabulary
Open a link and complete sentences using
words
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