Elizabeth Jordan

Jun 11, 2024 | londondaily.news | Elizabeth Jordan |Larry Lyons

If you often find the meetings you attend frustrating and unproductive you are not alone. Luckily there are ways to change this. with something you could implement in your workplace. At Toastmasters International we use an approach to meetings based on parliamentary procedure, specifically Robert’s Rules of Order (1).  It’s a systematic approach to conducting meetings, decisions are reached democratically, and desired objectives are achieved.

May 24, 2024 | executivesupportmagazine.com | Elizabeth Jordan |Larry Lyons

How many times have you attended a meeting that did NOT have a clear sense of purpose, did NOT keep to time and where the chair did NOT maintain proper control? Or perhaps you have heard your executives complaining when they return from an unproductive meeting. Many of us can identify with the issues that arise when meetings are not managed well, and which are a curse to executive support professionals.