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Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on how to manage the discussion during a <a href="https://www.businessenglishpod.com/category/meetings/" title="meeting English" rel="noopener" target="_blank">meeting in English</a>.
Bad meetings can waste time and leave everyone confused. But a well-run meeting can help create new ideas, solve problems, and move a project forward. Running a great meeting is about more than just following an agenda. It means guiding the conversation effectively.
If you’re running <a href="https://www.businessenglishpod.com/2017/03/04/business-english-pod-bep-300-external-meetings-in-english-1/" title="BEP 300 – External Meetings in English (Part 1)" rel="noopener" target="_blank">formal meetings</a> as a manager or team leader, this skill is essential. But even if just you’re a team member who wants to make sure your team has good discussions, it’s good to understand what’s behind running a meeting. And you never know when it might be your job to facilitate.
Good meeting management often means keeping the discussion focused and inviting different viewpoints or <a href="https://www.businessenglishpod.com/samples/bep-327-expressing-opinions/" title="BEP 327 – Expressing Opinions in English" rel="noopener" target="_blank">opinions</a>. It also means widening the discussion, moving to a new agenda item, and checking for agreement.
In this lesson, we’ll rejoin a meeting about budget cuts at an international shipping company. Martin, the General Manager, is facilitating the meeting. We’ll also hear Sandra, Sam, and David, three employees in the meeting.
Listening Questions
1.	How does Martin respond to Sam’s comment about pizza?
2.	What does Martin say once they have finished talking about the outsourcing issue?
3.	At the end of the conversation, what question does Martin ask everyone if they agree on?
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