Lesson Meetings Match each word to a suitable definition

Lesson 4. Meetings

1. 
   Match each word to a suitable definition
   

1	chairperson	A	a list of items to be discussed at a formal meeting.
2	Agenda	B	an idea or plan put forward for consideration.
3	minutes	C	need for a particular purpose.
4	suggestion	D	a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly basis but often expressed as an annual sum,
5	require	E	responsible for making sure that each meeting is planned effectively,
6	willingness	F	an advantage or profit gained from something.
7	benefit	G	the quality or state of being prepared to do something; readiness
8	salary	H	the written record of what was said at a meeting:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

2. 
   Complete the topic with the words in the box.
   

Next, increase, plans, agenda, achieving, goals, team, include.

Many companies today strive for a collaborative and interactive culture in order to 1) …………employee engagement and job satisfaction. One of the benefits of staff meetings is that they can be an effective means of 2) ……these objectives. Successful staff meetings leave attendees with both a sense of accomplishment and a clearly defined purpose for 3)……… steps.

Some companies implement a formal meeting timetable – i.e. daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly – that is accompanied by a staff meeting 4) ……… and predetermined staff meeting topics. Other companies opt for a more informal style with flexible themes for staff meetings and varied workplace meeting topics. Regardless of the preferred approach, all staff meeting topics should be relevant and add value to the team’s purpose and 5)……. Even a fixed staff meeting agenda template, a weekly staff meeting agenda template, or a weekly team meeting agenda template can leave room to incorporate creative corporate meeting ideas.
In general, team meeting topics should be geared towards the meeting purpose. For instance, the agenda for first meeting with new boss could 6)…….. the following, which are intended to address any new manager questions to ask employees:
Fun activity / Icebreaker
Team member introductions
Team structure overview
Task calendar / schedule
Along similar lines, a first 7).…… meeting agenda could incorporate some of the same topics mentioned above, in addition to the following, which should cover the typical first team meeting speech:
Team objectives / vision
Strategy to achieve set objectives
Contingency 8)…… for anticipated challenges.



We can use some questions to make a suggestion or recommendation in an indirect way.