Recent survey data reports that leaders spend between 30-40% of their week in meetings – that isn’t the worst of it, the survey also shares that leaders feel 50% of that meeting time is a waste of time!In a time where organizations want to ensure increased levels collaboration and teamwork it feels like more time is spent convening. This session will offer concrete tips on deciding what meetings are really necessary and for the ones that are, how to make meetings achieve the objective, take a minimum amount of time, and leave participants feeling that their time was well spent.
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How to Run an Effective & Efficient Meeting
1. How to Run an Effective & Efficient Meeting
a.k.a Make Meetings Not Suck
Jennifer Stanford, PMP, MHCS
CEO Emergent Performance Solutions
Human Capital at the Human Level
2. Session Objectives
• To learn a few things
• Have some fun
• Meet some new friends
• Walk away with new ways of looking at
meetings that can be applied
immediately
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3. I s T h i s Yo u r M e et i n g ?
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4. In the News:
Up to 40% of week in According to a Wall
meetings – of which Street Journal
50% is a waste of time!
poll, Leaders list
meetings as the single
largest category of
unproductive time on
their schedules
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5. I d e nt i f y i n g t h e P ro b l e m –
W hy Pe o p l e H ate M e et i n g s
1987 Survey
1. People getting off subject
2. No agenda
3. Meeting too long
4. Leader not prepared
5. No conclusion reached
6. Meeting disorganized
7. No one controlled the meeting
8. Irrelevant info presented
9. Meeting was a waste of time
10. Meeting started late
2012 Survey
1. Allowing attendees to ramble on
2. Not organized no agenda
3. Too long
4. Weak presenter or meeting leader
5. No specific action or walk away points
6. No clear purpose or objective
7. Not inspiring or motivating
8. Boring, nothing new or interesting
9. Repeating info for late arrivals
10. Doesn’t start on time or stay on track
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6. Yo u r L e n s - T h e 5 i n 5 E xe rc i s e
Get in groups of 5 – in 5 minutes:
Introduce yourselves
Discuss what you hate most
about meetings (not on list)
Why you think biggest reason
is for holding meetings in your
organization?
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7. Ty p e s o f M e et i n g s
Status Consensus Decision Engagement
Not weekly in Only when Right players Fun filled
person needed
Intranet, Cloud New policies/ Level of Chance to
based, intensity procedures or authority? connect, reward
of project work strategies to and recognition
share
Consider fun Send out prior and When decisions Quarterly at a
quizzes for pizza request consensus impact others call minimum
etc a meeting
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8. S h o u l d I S tay o r S h o u l d I G o ?
The Power Behind the Decline Button
Ask Yourself:
1. Does the status from the meeting
impact my work directly?
2. Is my support required to get others
on-board?
3. Am I the right decision maker?
4. Do I care about being a part of a high
performing team?
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9. W h o s e i n my M e et i n g ?
4 different perspectives in the room:
1. The organized attendee (you said 8 it is 8:03!)
2. The logical attendee (why am I here, what
problem are we solving?)
3. The action attendee (are we done yet, I have a
world to conquer!)
4. The relational attendee (oh sue how was your
weekend, I am so happy to hang with you guys!)
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10. W h at to Yo u O b s e r ve ?
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11. Te a m E xe rc i s e - P l a n a M e et i n g
Considering the 4 perspectives I gave you…
Let’s break into 4 large groups
1) Status
2) Consensus
3) Decision
4) Engagement
Answer the following questions:
A. What should you keep in mind about the 4 perspectives
while planning your meeting?
B. What is necessary to satisfy this perspective?
C. What is a deal breaker?
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12. H ave a G re at Re st o f t h e C o n fe re n c e !
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Join.me is like Skype and a good collaboration tool for informal meetings.
This really kills me, if you are a manager and you are calling meetings that require your staff to wasting even 20% of their week, is that what we want to be paying for? What if you use consultants etc. Take a moment to think about your average week, figure out the amount of hours you spend in meetings, What percentage of your week do you spend in meetings?Let me see a show of hands for less than 10%Over 20%Over 30%Over 40%Do the rest of you even work?
Jen to make list or call out what you hate?Biggest reason for holding meetings?
Apps for meetings:Sadun’s WhiteboardPreziCorkulousPenultimate (cool notetaking) or Notetaker HDMighty meetingBeesyNational research organization surveyed 5000 people in business and found that The most serious faults in human interaction are:68% said “Failure to see the others view point”36% said “Failure to show appreciation or give credit”34% said “Failure to size up others correctly”24% said “Lack of Leadership”
Who was who in the above
Ok when you have to hold a meeting don’t do it this way
If you need to go back to your list of things you HATE