LIVE Virtual workshop
How to Chair and Lead Meetings Effectively
Chairing and leading meetings well is a key and highly desirable leadership skill. It takes more than keeping a discussion on time. Effective meeting leaders create clarity, guide discussion, manage different perspectives and help groups make thoughtful, confident decisions. Whether you are chairing a committee, leading a team meeting, supporting a governance forum or contributing to an important decision-making group, the ability to lead and participate effectively in meetings is essential to building confidence, influence, structure and momentum.
Whether you are chairing a committee, leading a team meeting, supporting a governance forum or contributing to an important decision-making group, your ability to lead and participate effectively in meetings helps build confidence, influence, structure and momentum.
This practical, interactive, live workshop is designed for current and emerging Chairs, Deputy Chairs, committee leaders and anyone in a leadership role who needs to lead or contribute effectively in meetings.
You will explore practical strategies for guiding discussion, managing challenging dynamics, supporting inclusive participation and turning conversation into clear decisions and action.
Join us to strengthen your meeting leadership skills and learn how to chair and contribute to meetings more effectively and efficiently. Your organisation, your committee and your team will thank you.
The virtual workshop format includes interactive presentations, practical examples, large and small group discussions and applied activities.
You can claim 4 CPD points from this workshop.
Key benefits:
This workshop will help you:
- Build confidence in chairing, leading and contributing to meetings
- Lead more focused, productive and purposeful discussions
- Understand what effective meeting leadership looks like before, during and after a meeting
- Guide groups towards clear decisions, actions and next steps
- Encourage balanced participation and constructive contribution
- Manage different perspectives, dominant voices and challenging dynamics
- Strengthen your leadership presence, confidence and influence in group settings
- Improve the quality, clarity and impact of committee and workplace meetings
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is ideal for:
- Current Committee Chairs
- Emerging or new Chairs
- Deputy Chairs
- Committee members and HREC members preparing to step into a Chair role
- Managers, team leaders and emerging leaders who need to lead and chair meetings
- People who regularly contribute to committees, advisory groups, panels or working groups
- Secretariat or governance staff who support Chairs, committees and decision-making forums
- Anyone wanting to strengthen their leadership capability through more effective meeting facilitation, participation and decision-making
Learning outcomes
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
- Understand the key responsibilities of an effective Chair, meeting leader or committee contributor
- Prepare for meetings in a way that supports clarity, focus and good decision-making
- Use practical strategies to guide discussion and keep meetings on track
- Encourage meaningful participation from members and stakeholders
- Manage challenging behaviours, dominant voices, conflict or lack of engagement
- Support ethical, transparent and well-documented decision-making
- Clarify decisions, actions, responsibilities and next steps
- Reflect on your own meeting leadership or participation style and identify areas for further development
Better meetings lead to better decisions. This workshop will help you build your skill and reputation as an effective leader, so you can chair, lead and contribute with greater confidence, clarity and impact, and make every meeting more focused, inclusive and action-oriented.
Our training and education offers have been developed according to Australian and international best practice standards.
Our modules are built upon the competencies developed by the Harvard Multi-Regional Trials Centre (MRCT) and aligned to competencies recommended by the NHMRC.
These training offers are regarded as a benchmark for researchers, clinical trials, and healthcare professionals in Australia and internationally.
Facilitator
Tim Dyke
Dr Tim Dyke is an executive coach and mentor with experience in chairing committees at local, national, and international levels. He currently chairs animal ethics committees, Australian government research funding grant panels and has been President, Vice-President and Chair of the Governance Committee of community health boards. He consults in the areas of research ethics and governance, leadership development and strategic planning.
Price
Price: $599 +GST pp
PRAXIS Partner price: $479 +GST pp
*Savings available for group enrolments and for PRAXIS partner organisations.
Next Virtual Workshops
Tuesday 30 June 2026: 10.00am – 2.00pm (Sydney Time)
Thursday 1 October 2026: 10.00am – 2.00pm (Sydney Time)
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