Where Faith Meets Business Excellence
Bob: “Wendy, I want to make it clear that meeting hosts nowadays need to be skilled in facilitation techniques. They are essentially facilitators, not just meeting hosts who follow an agenda and collect a list of action items at the…
Read More Want to be a Better Meeting Host? Up-level your facilitation skills
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)
If you were to ask someone in Japan when they will retire, they would look at you with a befuddled face! You see, in Japan there is no word for retirement in their dictionary. However, if you asked them for…
Read More Do you know why you need to determine your purpose first? (Part 1)
