Running a meeting is not an easy task; retaining control and keeping the team on task are important tricks of the successful facilitator – in this post I cover some of the key points for you as facilitator of a meeting to ensure you make this part of your consulting practice a success.
Objective setting is a vital part of appraising and managing employees. Both managers and subordinates should be aware of what the objectives are for the current period as well as be working on new draft objectives for the next period prior to discussing them during a future appraisal meeting – where objectives for the forthcoming period can be documented and agreed.
I have loaded a simple contract template for consulting services – mostly clients will have a template already in hand from procurement. If you do not have anything you may find this one useful. It is pretty basic but contains the essential elements. I’ll post an affiliate version is there is any demand.
This is one of the short chapters from an ebook published by BizFace – its subject is hiring consultants. In the ebook you will be taken through a step-by-step guide into identifying the need, deciding what consultant is best for the job and selcting a suitable candidate. Comes complete with templates for the contract, problem are definition as well as a consulting person spec and seclection record. The full ebook is to purchase on the BizFace world forum.
I have created a generic Quality plan for the community that may be useful as a starter for you own efforts in your company. Below is an extract from the first page of this 35 page document. A PDF of the full thing is avaiable to download – a link back to this post or even a thank you would be appreciated.
This post includes a presentation on how a Brown Paper workshop can be run – it explains what a Brown Paper is and how to ‘create’ one in a workshop setting.