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Business English For 2nd Language Speakers: Book 4: Meetings Kindle Edition

by Rick Henry (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Business meetings are an essential part of doing business all over the world.

Many different cultures have different styles of business meetings.

This book shows you how to do western style business meetings .

Most western business meetings tend to have things like an agenda, a time limit and a chairperson.

In terms of time, most meetings last three hours or even less.

These meetings tend to be well-planned and well-organized.

In addition, negotiations tend to lead to a win-win situation, although they might not start with win-win in mind.

What is a Meeting?

Introduction
A meeting is a gathering of three or more people sharing common objectives.

Verbal communication is the primary means of achieving those objectives.

Other kinds of communication are included in the situation; for example, body language, eye contact and tone of voice.

How to Have a Successful Meeting
Having a successful meeting involves a number of things.

1. Organization/ preparation
This usually includes having an agenda.

2. All the participants arrive on time

3. Everybody takes an active part in the meeting

4. Everyone is polite and respectful to others

Hopefully the meeting will have a successful conclusion, with decisions being made and actions with deadlines being decided.

Sometimes there is enough information to be completely successful and so other actions after the meeting has finished may be unnecessary.

Sometimes further meetings are required.

Meetings - Stages

Many events always happen before, during and after a meeting.

The most common meeting events are:

1. Preparation
prior to the meeting

2. Starting
the meeting

3. Arriving Late
to a meeting

4. Taking Breaks
during the meeting

5. Leaving Early
leaving a meeting early

6. Closing
closing a meeting

7. Post Meeting Actions