Слайд 1Fun ways to deal with difficult people for meetings, presentations, focus
                                                            
                                    groups and courses
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 2If you are running an event like a meeting, presentation, sales
                                                            
                                    pitch, focus group, or course
                                
                            							
							
							
						 
											
                            Слайд 3You may have to deal with some funky behaviour like people
                                                            
                                    coming in late, texting 
on their phone, or falling asleep
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 4But what can you do if you can’t tell them off
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 5Like when the person misbehaving is senior to you
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
											
											
                            Слайд 8You need to take control without losing your cool!
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 10Take a deep breath and remind yourself
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 11That the bad behaviour is probably not about you
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
											
											
                            Слайд 14“I got no sleep last night and it is hot in
                                                            
                                    this room”
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
											
                            Слайд 17#1 easy way to deal with lateness
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 18Because you can’t do this: “we are going to have a
                                                            
                                    chat about timekeeping!”
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 19Close the door and start on time! Don’t reward what you
                                                            
                                    don’t want by waiting
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 20And because no-one likes to do this (walk into a session
                                                            
                                    that has already started)
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 21He won’t be late again and neither will the rest of
                                                            
                                    us
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 23You didn’t delay your session, inconvenience the people who were on
                                                            
                                    time, get stressed or annoyed and you got an apology… all without saying a word
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 24#2 easy way to deal with discontent
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 25If the group is just generally unhappy, don’t ignore it, deal
                                                            
                                    with it head on
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 26If the session is optional
If the session is optional
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 27Start by stating the purpose of the event and who would
                                                            
                                    benefit from it, then let or make, the people who feel they would not benefit leave
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 29Talk about how people feel about the event first
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 30If it threatens to carry on too long or become too
                                                            
                                    destructive start questions with ‘considering’
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 32Considering we ARE moving to Alaska, what would you like to
                                                            
                                    get out of the session today?
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 33Repeat until everyone is happy to get on with the session
                                                            
                                    despite their reservations
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 34#3 easy way to deal with 20 questions
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 35Sometimes you might need to reign people in when they get
                                                            
                                    off-track
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 36If they are irrelevant questions say: ‘let’s talk about that afterwards
                                                            
                                    since it’s not a group issue’
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 37If the questions are relevant (but there are just too many)
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 38Say: ‘Let’s get back to our session since we are running
                                                            
                                    out of time’
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 40Use the strategies for dealing with dominant types
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 42If one or two people dominate the meeting and no-one else
                                                            
                                    can get a word in
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 43“My experience is blah blah blah”
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 44Subtly discourage them using your position in the room
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 45Without turning your back on them move to a position where
                                                            
                                    you will not have eye contact
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 46Sitting on their desk is also a great way to include
                                                            
                                    them with your proximity but give 
the floor to the rest of the class
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
											
											
											
											
											
                            Слайд 53Try mentioning something they said earlier. No-one is humiliated and the
                                                            
                                    near miss really makes people perk up
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 55While you are talking very slowly walk towards them. Make sure
                                                            
                                    you don’t just look directly at them, that would be a bit creepy
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 57This also works really well if someone is nodding off
                                                            
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
											
											
											
                            Слайд 61Ta da, you now own the room. Want to see more
                                                            
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