15% of the total company time is spend on meetings.
Directors, VP’s, executives and business owners spend more than 2 days per week in meetings, of which 67% is seen as unsuccessful meetings.
When conducted effectively, meetings can be highly productive, infused with energy, and can save countless hours. A successful meeting has one or two of the following purposes:
- For information sharing
- For decision making
- For creative thinking
- For teambuilding
Given that the quality of our thoughts is shaped by the questions we pose, enhancing the quality of our meetings with others necessitates asking better questions.
Here are 6 questions to Make your Meetings Count:
- The purpose of this meeting is to (fill in blank). Is there anything else that we should cover today? This opening question establishes purpose and invites members to raise topics that require immediate attention.
- Is everyone clear on their role and why they matter to this project/meeting? Asking each member about their unique contribution at the start of the meeting, ensures that they are prepared to take responsibility for their part of the project.
- Start the meeting by giving all participants 30 seconds to answer the following question: What is your objective for the meeting and how will your presence contribute? Within minutes, the perspective and added value of each participants will be crystal clear.
- If we could magically make 3 things happen before the next meeting, what would they be? Asking this question, during the meeting, will help the participants to think more creative for a minute, to see if a bigger win is possible.
- What excites you about these next steps? As you start to close the meeting, you want to raise the energy level by asking for points of excitement.
- Let’s review what will happen before the next meeting. (…). Do we agree? Once all participants have agreed on their actions in public, they are more likely to actually complete it before the agreed deadline.
If you want to halve your time in meetings and double your impact, contact me for more info or click here on how to ‘Make Meetings Count’.
15% of the total company time is spend on meetings.
Directors, VP’s, executives and business owners spend more than 2 days per week in meetings, of which 67% is seen as unsuccessful meetings.
When conducted effectively, meetings can be highly productive, infused with energy, and can save countless hours. A successful meeting has one or two of the following purposes:
- For information sharing
- For decision making
- For creative thinking
- For teambuilding
Given that the quality of our thoughts is shaped by the questions we pose, enhancing the quality of our meetings with others necessitates asking better questions.
Here are 6 questions to Make your Meetings Count:
- The purpose of this meeting is to (fill in blank). Is there anything else that we should cover today? This opening question establishes purpose and invites members to raise topics that require immediate attention.
- Is everyone clear on their role and why they matter to this project/meeting? Asking each member about their unique contribution at the start of the meeting, ensures that they are prepared to take responsibility for their part of the project.
- Start the meeting by giving all participants 30 seconds to answer the following question: What is your objective for the meeting and how will your presence contribute? Within minutes, the perspective and added value of each participants will be crystal clear.
- If we could magically make 3 things happen before the next meeting, what would they be? Asking this question, during the meeting, will help the participants to think more creative for a minute, to see if a bigger win is possible.
- What excites you about these next steps? As you start to close the meeting, you want to raise the energy level by asking for points of excitement.
- Let’s review what will happen before the next meeting. (…). Do we agree? Once all participants have agreed on their actions in public, they are more likely to actually complete it before the agreed deadline.
If you want to halve your time in meetings and double your impact, contact me for more info or click here on how to ‘Make Meetings Count’.
