Making Meetings Great Again
Every business we work with wants employee morale to go up and productivity to improve.
Few things matter more to morale and productivity than meetings.
Think of your own experience …
- How many overpopulated meetings do you sit through in a year?
- How many meetings lack intensity? Become sidetracked or lose focus?
- How often are you frustrated at how much precious time and creative energy gets wasted?
Meetings in many organisations are tolerated as a necessary evil. The unavoidable downside of working in a corporate.
But it’s not like that for everyone.
There are exceptions.
There are leaders with a special talent for keeping their teams focused on the mission and on producing great results.
How do they do this?
The answer lies in great meetings.
Firstly it’s a mindset.
They believe meetings are their work. An integral part of how they are successful and practice their craft. Unlike surgeons who work in theatre or teachers in classrooms, effective leaders understand their main work gets done in meetings.
Secondly, they have a structure.
This boils down to 5 kinds of meetings with the teams they lead.
Each serves a different purpose. Has a specific tone, context and timing. They avoid lumping everything together, creating what we love to call ‘meeting stew’.
What then are the 5 essential meetings?
What happens in your team?
Do you practice all 5?
Doing so will be the fastest and most practical way to improve your business this year. I guarantee two essential things will happen.
Give it a try. Your team will thank you for it!
Please comment below. Do you have a healthy meeting culture?
* NINE LIES ABOUT WORK: A Freethinking Leaders Guide to the Real World: Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall.
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