Include who is attending (allocating initials of each to be used during the actual note taking), their role in the meeting i.e.
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How to take professional notes in a meeting Note taking – what’s the structure?Īt the start of the meeting, note the date and the time it begins. Unless you want us to run a professional note taking skills training course, or join our note taking open course, here are a few of our thoughts on note taking to keep you on the straight and narrow. If you are using an internal note taker, do they (HR, managers or even admin staff sometimes) know what your formal notes need to include? And also what depth of information needs to be covered to both protect your organisation and ensure your employee doesn’t throw ‘unprofessional and inadequate note taking’ into the ring alongside their claim of sex and race discrimination? It’s certainly cost effective, but is this the right approach? Absolutely, provided they know what they are doing!
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Is this right? Can you choose what to include or exclude? And if your notes are a bit brief or muddled, will it reflect badly on you at Tribunal (should an employee or ex-employee bring a claim)?Īs a business, we often find that clients like to ‘rustle up’ an internal note taker someone who just happens to be free at the necessary time (rather than use an experienced note taker).
The notes, the Claimant therefore suggested, were inadequate for the purpose they were intended for and demonstrated a lack of professionalism on the part of the employer. Apparently, all other aspects of the discussions that had taken place were ignored.
In a recent Employment Tribunal claim, part of the employee’s complaint was that the notes taken by the Company during formal meetings, both before and after dismissal, only included information the Company deemed relevant to its case. Do you feel confident note taking at formal employee meetings? Are you getting it right?
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