Leading Effective Meetings

Streamline your meetings and align your team

Do unproductive discussions leave your team drained and directionless? Are the meetings at work becoming a burden rather than a benefit?

Introducing: Leading Effective Meetings. This hands-on workshop equips your team members with the skills and strategies to drive efficient, engaging meetings that power tangible business outcomes.

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Why effective meetings training?

Here’s a nine-word horror story: Professionals waste 31 hours in pointless meetings each month. (Atlassian)

Many teams endure drawn-out deliberations that stifle motivation and impede informed decisions. But what if meetings were done right? To actually energise people and shape informed outcomes.

What if your team benefited from:

Increased productivity: Less time wasted in unnecessary and unstructured meetings means more time invested in actual work.
Swifter decision-making: Well-run meetings lead to quicker, clearer and well-informed next steps.
Stronger collaboration: Energising meetings become a tool for alignment and shared action.
Improved accountability: Defined responsibilities mean fewer tasks falling through the cracks.
Better client interactions: External meetings become more structured, professional and impactful.

Who is this course for?

Leading Effective Meetings is for any professional who plans, chairs or contributes to business meetings. This includes:

Senior leaders wanting to foster alignment – and inspire informed action
Managers looking to drive engagement, collaboration and results
Teams wanting to escape being drawn into ineffective back-to-back meetings
Operations experts seeking to streamline decision-making

Shannyn invests in using the most effective leadership communication analyses and processes available today. She is experienced at sharing and developing the attitudes and skills of emotional intelligence and how to integrate them to produce consistent workplace results.
Russell WylieCEO
Russell Wylie
Absolutely, I’d 100% recommend Shannyn, and think she could work with any business and industry.   She’s very intuitive, a great communicator and very emotionally aware, which makes her perfect to deal with human, cultural and other emotionally sensitive issues. 
Tim DuggalCEO
Tim Duggal
Shannyn fosters an inclusive atmosphere where everyone feels empowered to contribute, facilitating open discussions. Her ability to connect with each individual not only enhances our understanding but also strengthens our team cohesion, driving us all towards shared success.
Steve BroughDirector
Steve Brough
Shannyn ran the day and elicited feedback from the team – drawing out people who don’t often speak at meetings. Everyone felt very involved, which had been one of my aims in bringing her in.
David SimmonsGeneral Manager
David Simmons

What does the course cover?

Your team will walk away with strategic insights and tools to foster a purposeful and energising meeting culture.

With a focus on immediate application and practical skills, participants are empowered to:

Identify why most meetings fail – and know how to prevent common issues
Design targeted agendas that drive action (and cut the fluff!)
Choose effective meeting formats that save time
Consider psychological insights to enhance collaboration
Ensure accountability with clear action points
Plan fewer – but more productive – meetings
Facilitate conversations that stay on track and encourage diverse perspectives
Align meeting objectives with team priorities

Want a detailed program outline? Please get in touch.

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How is the course delivered?

We run Leading Effective Meetings as a 3-hour face-to-face workshop.

The training will be:

Relevant: We’ll start with a pre-workshop diagnostic call to tailor the content to your objectives – and resolve your meeting pain points.
Flexible: We’ll deliver the workshop at your office or offsite, when it suits your team.
Interactive: Your team will engage in practical group exercises, real-world scenarios and fun challenges.
Resource-packed: You’ll receive follow-up tools that your team can reference long after the training ends.

Please contact us to discuss the right structure and focus areas for your team.

Quick-fire FAQs

Who will be the facilitator at our workshop?

At CSA, all our facilitators are subject matter experts in their fields.

The course is presented by Shannyn Merlo – a seasoned business coach and consultant with 25+ years of diverse business and communications experience. Known for her authenticity, she believes that great communication, innovative thinking and strategic alignment are the cornerstones of happy and productive teams.

At the heart of Shannyn’s leadership ethos is a focus on emotional intelligence, celebrating our unique styles, building resilience and constant improvement.

What’s the maximum number of participants per workshop?

We cap face-to-face sessions at 15 people – as groups any larger than this reduce opportunities for interaction and feedback.

So if you have more people to train than this, please ask us about our special rate for multiple workshops.

What is the structure of the sessions?

Workshops are always fun, engaging and interactive.

Although we do lay down some important theoretical foundations at the start, the sessions are hands-on and activity-based. We encourage lots of dialogue and discussion – and work hard to get everyone involved.

We will tailor the workshop to your precise needs. So please take the program outline as a guide only.

What do we get for our investment?

A fully customised workshop tailored to your organisation’s objective
A detailed workbook for each participant with frameworks and tools (also a valuable reference long after the workshop is over)
A handy one-page checklist for your team to keep by their side whenever they write

How do you charge?

We charge a fixed fee for groups of 15 people, not per head. That’s why we always encourage our clients to take advantage of all spots for maximum value.

And remember: all workshops are tailored to your needs at no added cost.

Please contact us for a customised quote for your workplace.

Do you offer a credential for this course?

Yes! All your team members will be entitled to a Credly digital badge after they complete this course. At the end of the session, we will send a digital badge to each participant via email. They can then display the badge on their LinkedIn profile and on any other places they wish.