Janson Meetings that gets Results - Plan & Moderate

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8. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-96596-059-6
Verlag: Best of HR
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Because a common prejudice about meetings is: Many go in, little comes out. After all, a clear structure and objectives are often missing, self-promoters dominate the discussion or the team cannot even come to a decision. But not only as a manager, but also as an employee, with the right structure you can contribute a lot to the success of a meeting and thus increase productivity considerably.
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Janson, Simone

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Overview of Efficient Meetings: Preparing Properly Communicating Arguing [20 Checklists & 10 Tips]
// By Simone Janson

Meetings offer the best opportunity to shine in front of others and thus considerably improve your own career opportunities. Unfortunately, this opportunity is often given away. With good preparation, skilful arguments and a dose of quick-wittedness, you can convince colleagues and supervisors of your skills.

Optimally preparing meetings for argumentative reasons

Every Thursday afternoon at 15 pm, Mr. P. has team leader's talk. The goal: The team leaders should exchange ideas and get an impression of the work of the other departments. It looks like everyone is throwing in something that comes to mind and saying something to a few people.

At some point - the end is usually open, so nobody knows exactly when - the moderator ends the meeting. Mr. P. is happy to come back to his desk, because he finds these meetings a mere waste of time. In doing so, he can effectively use them for his career: he only has to prepare himself optimally so that he can present his work convincingly. This is just a typical meeting: unclear event, unmotivated participants.

How to find out about the meeting

Bring the meeting in the best possible preparation - even as a participant. Even as a simple participant, you can advance the meeting by asking questions or constructive suggestions without stepping on the moderator's feet. If the meeting does not have a moderator: Offer to host the moderator yourself.

For a targeted preparation you need all the important information. Ask specifically if they are not already on the invitation. Especially with superiors interest makes a positive impression. Of course, if you invite yourself, you must inform the others. List all information carefully. The overview helps you to gather ideas for your reasoning.

Checklist: What does the invitation about the meeting reveal?

The invitation you received to the meeting reveals a lot that you need to know.

• What is the theme of the meeting, what is it about? How exactly does the agenda look? How much time is available to each participant to present their own ideas?
• What is the goal of the meeting, what should be the result? Are ideas, results or the like only presented or should decisions be made and solutions be sought?
• Is there a moderator? Who is hosting the meeting?
• How many people participate? Who participates? Do the participants know each other? What are the participants' previous knowledge? Is the knowledge heterogeneous or homogeneous?
• Is participation voluntary or obligatory? Is the date suitable for you and other participants?
• When exactly does the meeting begin? When does it end? How many breaks should take place? (Important: a fixed time frame)
• Where does the meeting take place? How is the room equipped (lighting, temperature, tables, seating, catering, etc.) What is the technical equipment of the room (flipchart, beamer, projector, etc.)

Set yourself concrete goals

Do not just think about your personal goals: A meeting also means that you act together with others and find solutions. Try to reconcile personal and common goals wherever possible. Mr. P., for example, defines the common goal for the next team leader meeting as the company has to save and everyone has to help. His personal goal: his team should suffer as little as possible from the savings.

Goals should be defined concretely. If you record your goals in writing, positively and as concretely as possible, then you have an optimal hurdle for your reasoning. Wrong: "I want my team to save little." Right: "I want to achieve that my team only has to save in a maximum of two areas."

Checklist: Skilled Arguing in Meetings

Keep an eye on your goal. The following tips will help you understand the goals of the meeting. If you know what you want, it's easier to come up with the right argument because you have defined your point of view.

First deal with the common goals. Write these down as concrete as possible:

• What are the views of the different participants? What wishes and needs do you have? What are the goals and interests behind it?
• What results do all or most of them get the maximum benefit from? What could a result look like that everyone is happy with?

Then make your own goals clear. Formulate here again exactly. The overview is of course only for you and does not suit anyone.

• What do you wish? What are your wishes and needs? What would you benefit from?
• Which result would you be most happy about? Or: What do not you want? What would you be angry about?

If your personal interests are in conflict with everyone's common interests, ask yourself, what is an acceptable compromise for you? And which result could you accept in any case? Clearly set your limits for yourself.

Prepare yourself in a short time content

Save time by researching facts purposefully. Not every meeting also covers your area of expertise, where you can shine. Nevertheless, familiarize yourself with the facts, so that you can contribute something sensible to the topic. Save valuable time by narrowing down the mass of information from the outset with a specific question - as close as possible. Only on precise questions you will get accurate answers.

Create a table. Formulate a specific question in the first column, and in the second column, evaluate how important this question is. With this information you start, only if you have time later, you also take the others. Finally, in column three, write where you find the information.

Someone else researched for you

If you do not have time to do the research yourself, you can ask someone else for it. Pay particular attention here to specific questions and instructions, so that the result is also usable for you.

Mr. P. wants to make suggestions on how to save the company while being prepared with facts and arguments when other team leaders suggest saving on his team. The question "How can I save the best?" Does not bring him further, it is too unconcrete. Instead, he considers different alternatives and asks specific questions. In the end, thanks to his overview, he knows exactly what he is looking for and what he is starting with.

Examples of exact questions

Where can I find the information?

Important?

How did other departments save?

Experiences of colleagues ,. Numbers from the company

Important

What effect does saving have on the motivation of the colleagues?

Experiences of colleagues ,. Numbers and material from the company

Not so important

Does saving affect the quality of work? Are there any numbers?

Experience and figures from the company, scientific studies (Internet)

Important

Does a quality loss affect the total sales of the company? Are there any numbers?

Sales figures from accounting; Experiences of comparable companies (press reports and internet)

Very important

So you will quickly find suitable information with your own archive

Surely you also know some topics that are real long-time favorites. So you do not have to research each time: Create your own archive for specific topics, which you maintain in between times.

Everything you find on the subject belongs to the archive. It is important that you keep the archive neat, alphabetical and always up-to-date - because you always want to find current information in it and you have to be able to rely on it. There is no limit to the information you collect.

10 Tips: Targeted information gathering

Do not randomly pile up any documents .... Because: Clearly sorted material is easier! Therefore, note the following 10 hints:

1. Fast information from the internet is popular, but not always high quality. You can also use libraries or the archives of magazines and newspapers - here you can search with keywords.
2. Whether articles from magazines and newspapers, copies from books or statistical material: always list the author, the full title of the publication medium and the article, place and date of publication. So the knowledge about source and date is still available even after years.
3. Use your own or other experiences and conversations -. Such subjective facts are helpful if you want to argue emotionally or give examples. Make a note of what happened to you or others, what ideas and impressions you had and in what context.
4. Collect everything, texts, pictures, graphics or sound material (eg as MP3). These can support your reasoning.
5. Use the Internet to search for all information specifically.
6. For example, if you search for multiple terms in Google, put them in quotation marks, such as "save money," which will lead to all hits that contain both words and then hits that contain only one or the other.
7. If a term is unknown, put an asterisk in its place
8. If you want to exclude individual terms, put a minus sign in front of the corresponding word
9. If you only search for German-language information, just go to the German site of the corresponding search engine or click on the corresponding option.
10. When you search for images, Google lets you search for them by clicking the "Images" option and entering a search term.

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