Meetings That Work">Meetings That Work
December 10, 2014 1:47 pm“Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so – most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on the same page.” – Justin Rosenstein (co-founder of Asana) Far too many meetings bite (trying to use less colorful language). We’ve talked about Daily Meetings, Weekly Meetings, Quarterly and Annual Meetings. Today, we are going to wrap up this topic with the basics of what makes a great meeting – no matter what type of meeting it is. I love this image. It is meant to help children self-check their actions during a physical education class, but it is perfect for our discussion on proper meeting behavior. The question is excellent.
Meetings">Quarterly & Annual Strategy Meetings
December 3, 2014 12:42 pm“There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.” ― Peter F. Drucker Strategy helps focus your organization on doing the right things, not just doing the same things better. But no matter how great the strategy is that you devised at your yearly planning retreat, it rarely delivers value without a consistent execution framework. That framework is delivered through your organization’s meetings. We’ve talked before about How to Execute Strategy, so let’s start with what is a great strategy?
Meetings That Don’t Make You Want to Gouge Your Eyeballs Out">Weekly Staff Meetings That Don’t Make You Want to Gouge Your Eyeballs Out
November 19, 2014 10:52 amFootball combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings. George Will There is little more dreaded in corporate America today than the weekly staff meeting. Below you will find out how to make this meeting something that your team looks forward to, to be inspired, engaged, uplifted and motivated! Before we get started I must state a disclaimer about the effectiveness of your weekly meetings. They are dependent on the effectiveness of your daily huddles. The daily meetings keep the “road clean” and get the smaller obstacles out of your way so they are not bunched up and all need to be addressed in your weekly meeting. If you have not established a daily meeting schedule and you find that your weekly meeting is being overrun by issue resolution, know that you need to... View Article
Meetings, Less Time at Work">More Time in Meetings, Less Time at Work
November 5, 2014 12:56 pmIt’s pretty hard to imagine, but I can teach you how to spend more time in meetings, less time at work and get more accomplished in any given day. Want to learn how? How could you possibly spend one more minute in meetings and get more accomplished in your work? Here’s how meetings allow you to accomplish more in less time. Set Rhythm – The faster you are meeting, reviewing results and solving problems the faster your firm can grow. The book “Competing on Internet Time” chronicles the browser battle between Netscape and Microsoft. To sustain its amazing rate of growth, Netscape treated each month as if it were a year – taking its executives offsite each and every month to hold a formal strategic meeting. I’m not suggesting you meet offsite once per month, but a well-planned and orchestrated... View Article
Meetings that Drive Results">Meetings that Drive Results
October 29, 2014 6:33 pm“We will continue having meetings until we find out why no work is getting done!” – Anonymous Meetings that drive results? I thought that most meetings were just a colossal waste of time. After many years of research, I still do – at least for most organizations. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Having the right meetings, done the right way can and will drive the performance of your organization. Patrick Lencioni has probably done some of the best work on making meetings productive. The meeting model above is Lencioni’s – we’ll be adding to it in future posts. I’ll be using his work, Verne Harnish’s and my personal experience as we define the ultimate meeting model. First, why should we even have meetings? Wouldn’t we all get a lot more done if outlawed meetings all together? Yes... View Article
Maintain Your System
September 10, 2023 9:47 amHere’s the rub. If we don’t empty all our inboxes every day, the task of “getting clear” will get bigger and bigger. The bigger and scarier the task, the more likely we are to put it off until we “have more time.”
Making Strategy Fun
June 11, 2021 10:47 pmHow do you make developing strategy fun? Here are some tips I have learned over the years.
Are We Wasting the Chance of a Lifetime?
May 2, 2021 8:29 amSeth Godin wants you to know that you are wasting the chance of a lifetime.
Getting The Work Done
April 11, 2021 9:37 amThe only way to know you will have adequate time to deliver “completed” work is to have a rock-solid productivity system. That is what “Getting Things Done” (GTD) by David Allen and variants of his work are. They are the systems we need to plan and do great work.