Where Faith Meets Business Excellence
"ssssscrape, knock-knock-knock" Peter: “Hey Wendy, I heard from Bob what you two have been up to. That’s quite a bit of change in how we think of and run meetings, and quite a few new skills that we all need…
Read More Successful meeting cultures: why you don’t want to break the psychological safety barrier
Leadership Memo 2022-10 Wow, it has been a busy few months for me. I shared with you last month that I conducted a global market research in Q3 which identified the top 10 global business challenges. Based on that research,…
Read More Do you want to know what I found out? Insights from early pilots results
Bob: “I’m back, Wendy. Want to continue?” Me (Wendy): “Sure!” Bob: “Let’s tackle what we have to do during the meeting. Any meeting has to have a beginning, a middle, and an end, like any good movie. We need to…
Read More How to easily set the stage for more successful meetings
Me (Wendy): “Hey Bob, I’m done with Peter. You know, I’m quite proud of him that he’s using Slack a lot more than emails nowadays. I think we’re rubbing off on him! 😉 ” Bob: “Hey Wendy, that’s good to…
Read More Remote Facilitation Magic: Things to do before a meeting to have better meetings
Me (Wendy): “Hi Bob, I’m back. Last time, we mentioned I should structure the invitation first by laying down the outcome that we’d like to see achieved from the meeting, and what we need from whom (or what group of…
Read More Invest in the art of meeting invitations to have better meetings
Bob: “Hey Wendy, I’m back. Do you want to continue our previous discussion? I think we finished the first point I wanted to go over, which is who we need to invite to the meeting so that we achieve the…
Read More Why meeting agendas are passé, and what you can do to improve them
Bob: “Hey Wendy, we have this facilitation training coming up. Do you want to collaborate to put it together?" Me (Wendy): “Sure. So, how do you want to start?” Bob: “Well, I think we should do exactly what we will…
Read More Saying No to FOMO – How to treat meetings with intentionality
Me (Wendy): “ARGH!!! Bob!!! HELP!!!” Bob: “Wendy, what’s wrong? Are you ok?” Me: “Yes, I’m fine. But people are piling meetings onto our calendars again!! As we agreed, I’m trying to come up with working agreements with the teams of…
Read More Facilitate Your Remote Control to Improve Your Meetings and Collaborations
So… I need to teach people about the different types of meetings and how to know what truly warrants a synchronous meeting. I’m going to ask Bob to help. Me (Wendy): “Hey Bob, I need help in “teaching” people about…
Read More Evolve your meetings beyond agendas and action items to achieve better outcomes
In the last post, we talked about the need to determine our purpose first as it is our reason for waking up every morning. We also mentioned there are a number of ways to figure it out, but I’d like…
Read More Do you know why you need to determine your purpose first? (Part 2)
