{"id":9003,"date":"2014-08-20T11:25:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T09:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/?p=9003"},"modified":"2018-06-06T12:29:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T10:29:34","slug":"getting-meetings-back-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/de\/getting-meetings-back-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting meetings back on track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2ycfaz-b24639323b24fdd0fdb64d84733d173e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2ycfaz-b24639323b24fdd0fdb64d84733d173e{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2ycfaz-b24639323b24fdd0fdb64d84733d173e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h3>Do you ever feel your meetings have gone off track?<\/h3>\n<p>You\u2019re in a meeting to talk about one thing, but someone is talking about something completely different, someone else is discussing an unimportant point, and others are debating something completely irrelevant \u2013 the whole meeting has gone off track! When this happens, it\u2019s hard to get back on track and return to your meeting agenda. In international meetings with foreign colleagues, this can be much harder as you don\u2019t want to seem rude or too forceful about sticking to the schedule.\u00a0 You could watch the clock and give warnings when people are talking too much or are going over their allotted time, but again this could be misinterpreted as impolite and bad-mannered.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid damaging delicate business relationships, here are some common ways and phrases for getting the meeting back on track in a professional an polite manner.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Be the moderator<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Sorry, but we\u2019re getting off topic and need to move back to \u2026<\/li>\n<li>Let\u2019s return to the main point of today\u2019s meeting.<\/li>\n<li>We seem to be talking outside of the scope of the meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Consider the value of the current discussion<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Do we need to add this topic to the agenda?<\/li>\n<li>Maybe we can get back on topic and postpone this to later?<\/li>\n<li>Is\u00a0everyone happy if we\u00a0discuss this later?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Focus on the schedule \/ time<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>We\u2019re running short on time, so can we move back to\u2026<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m afraid we\u2019re running out of time.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m afraid I can only give you another minute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Talk about briefness<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Please keep to the point everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Please make your comments brief.<\/li>\n<li>Please keep your remarks short.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>More on meetings?<\/h3>\n<p>Our blog authors have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/de\/tag\/meetings-de\/\" target=\"_blank\">plenty to share! <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also have a number of seminars that might be of interest to you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/facilitating-meetings-and-workshops\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facilitating meetings and workshops<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/participating-in-meetings-with-confidence\/\" target=\"_blank\">Participating in meetings with confidence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/making-meetings-effective-in-english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Making meetings effective in English<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever feel your meetings have gone off track? You\u2019re in a meeting to talk about one thing, but someone is talking about something completely different, someone else is discussing an unimportant point, and others are debating something completely irrelevant \u2013 the whole meeting has gone off track! 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