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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
Leadership Memo 2022-7 Happy July! I can’t believe half of 2022 is already gone! Time flies! I’m taking the cue from Calvin to cease the summer days. I’m cooking something new and I hope to give you a sneak peek…
"ssssscrape, knock-knock-knock" I got a Slack message from Peter again! Peter: “Hey Wendy, do you have time to continue our discussion from last time about the 4 types of meetings?” Me (Wendy): “Sure. Remember last time I told you I…
Read More How to recognize different meeting types to increase your productivity?
"ssssscrape, knock-knock-knock" I got a Slack message from Peter! Wow! I think I’m changing him 😉 Peter: “Hey Wendy, I noticed that you have been rethinking how we do things around here instead of just finding time on our calendars.…
Read More Replacing meetings to gain more time on your calendar to be productive
Bob and I have another brainstorm as we continue our quest to remove meetings on our calendars. “Hey Bob, we did great in eliminating status and informational meetings. Maybe we can teach people we don’t need a meeting when sharing…
Read More What other meetings can we remove? What else can we cut from our calendars?
Me (Wendy): “Hey Bob, now that we got rid of that meeting with Peter, I think we can get rid of other meetings from our calendars.” Bob: “I’m all ears!” Me: “How about the Tuesday weekly status meeting that takes…
Read More What meetings can we get rid of? Aren’t there better ways to do things?
