Webinar #18: From passive to productive: How to hold effective meetings

Tired of feeling like you have too many meetings?

Whether you are a seasoned academic or an early career researcher, you may have experienced the frustration of attending inefficient and unproductive meetings, or find yourself overloaded with back-to-back meetings and not enough time to get your work done.

As time consuming as meetings are, collaboration, creativity and innovation are best developed when there is a diversity of perspectives. When done right, meetings are crucial in the development of new research ideas.

So, what are the best practices for effective meetings? What steps can be taken to handle conflicts and disagreements, while allowing for healthy debate and new perspectives? How can their value be optimised?

In the first webinar of the Women in Research 'Small Wins' series for 2023, our host ARC Laureate Fellow and John Curtin Distinguished Professor Sharon Parker from Curtin University will share research findings and advice around…