Compelling Meetings
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If your business matters to you, so will the meetings that happen within it.
Why risk the success of your business by having pointless meetings?
How do you make the meetings that happen within your business work better?
Transform the success of your business by transforming the success of your meetings
Stop having meetings where nothing happens
One pointless meeting after another will quickly affect the success of your business
Time to make the meetings within your business count…
Meetings don’t make the decisions in your business, you do…
Gain a competitive advantage by making all the meetings that happen in your business count
Here’s how to make internal meetings succeed in your business…
How to run productive and successful meetings in your business today
Are your internal meetings compelling?
Reduce the risk to your business by making your internal meetings matter
Why should you make the meetings in your business count?
Don’t let lethargy strangle your internal meetings
Time to make your internal meetings work
Avoid lost profits in your business by driving success through your internal meetings…
How to make your internal meetings count, not flounder…
Your time is precious – don’t waste it in ineffectual meetings
Your business is at risk if your meetings are a waste of time…
Make the meetings that happen in your business constructive
What happens when you take the time to get the ingredients of your meeting correct?
Make decisions in your business and avoid unnecessary meetings
Meetings don’t make decisions – you do
Don’t waste time in meetings thinking that this is the vehicle for decision making…
What happens to your business success if you make your decision before you enter a meeting…
Start using meetings as a platform to push through the decision you have made
To meet or not to meet – the future of your business success depends on the decision you make
Not all meetings require a handshake, make a decision and avoid the meeting
Make your internal meetings pacey, relevant and decision driven…
Watch your business succeed when you make meetings about the decision you have already made
Collaboration is your friend when it comes to an effective internal meeting
What happens when you make your low-impact internal meetings action driven?
Push through real change in your business by making your meetings decision lead
What happens when you make constructive conflict the norm in your business meetings?
If conflict is good enough for James Bond, then it should be good enough for your business…
Constructive conflict is your friend in successful internal meetings
When the meeting stakes are high, make conflict your ally
Conflict and resolution make for a great movie, but do they make for a great meeting?
You get great meetings and great decisions when you get a little bit of help from James Bond
The movies can help you have great meetings within your business
Learn from the movies - start meetings with constructive conflict
Most meetings could do with a bit more glitz and glamour
When the stakes are high make your meeting about the issue that really matters…
Avoid ‘groupthink’ in meetings that matter to your business
Remember the biggest decision in your business still needs to be made by you
Why risk the success of your business by not inviting conflict to your meeting?
Your people have opinions – use them correctly in meetings and your business will benefit
If you don’t allow conflict to be part of your internal meetings your business will not succeed
It’s time to start using conflict to great affect in high stakes meetings
Avoid catastrophe in meetings where the stakes are high and nurture conflict.
Make your internal meetings compelling with these 5 tips for success in your business
Stop thinking that meetings result in decisions…
Compelling meetings create a movement towards success for your business
Improve the profits of your business by allowing conflict to be part of your meetings
When debate is encouraged in your internal meetings what happens?
Time to take a good look at your internal meetings – are they delivering business growth?
Stop viewing meetings as a necessary evil and implement change to make them part of your business growth
Low, mid or high consequence decision? Either way the decision maker is you…
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1. How many internal meetings have you been to this week that have left you feeling disappointed, frustrated and demoralised?
How many internal meetings have you been to that were unproductive, boring or frankly a complete waste of time? Click here to learn how to turn unproductive meetings into compelling meetings
2. Meetings are notorious for lacking clear purpose and failing to generate decisions or actions.
Click here to learn that when you allow such wasteful meetings to prevail and you’ll always feel that your business is missing out on the performance and results it could and should have.
3. How do the internal meetings that happen within your business make you feel?
Are you concerned that they seem to be ineffectual, unnecessary and only happen by habit?
Click here to break the habits in your business and make your internal meetings work for you…
4. If you as a business owner or manager attend up to 15 meetings a week as the research suggests, then better meetings could and should bring you a better more successful business…
But have they…
Click here to learn how to transform your meetings into productive use of your time.
5. There is a general belief in the business world that most internal meetings are pointless and result in little or no action or accountability…
Click here to learn that this is not the fault of the meeting, this is the fault of the person running the meeting or running the business and what to do about it.
6. How do you turn around the success of your internal business meetings?
How do you make your meetings compelling, successful and action driven?
There are 3 grades of decision that decide what kind of meeting you should have. Click here to learn what these are and how to use them to decide on the right type of meeting to have in your business.
7. How many meetings do you have in your business where the decision is inconsequential?
As the business owner or manager, you should just make the decision and the action should be implemented immediately. Click here to learn more.
8. How many low consequence meetings do you have in your business?
When you go into these meetings have you already made the decision?
Click here to learn that if you have not made the decision then the meeting should not be happening – as it just becomes a discussion.
9. Because you want your business to succeed, you want to make great decisions that have the full support of your team.
Making a decision first puts you, the business leader or manager, under the spotlight…
Click here to learn how to embrace this spotlight…
10. Make your meetings more like watching a great movie, encourage the right kind of conflict and debate and you will get the best and right decisions for your business. Click here to learn how the right kind of conflict will bring your business success…
11. It’s true, no-one really likes conflict…
However, when you are making high-stakes decisions you don’t want passive bystanders who just readily approve of everything you say, especially if deep down they don’t agree.
Click here to learn that you DO want to encourage healthy debate in your internal meetings
12. In your business meetings, do you welcome opinion, encourage debate?
How often does healthy conflict occur in your meetings about important, high-impact decisions?
Click here to learn that a simple meeting process can still bring your business the right results, even when the stakes are high…
13. Do you think your internal business meetings are delivering your business the results it deserves?
Click here to learn that your Internal meetings should be designed to help you make or implement decisions. They should be designed to help you move your business forward and grow your business into one you would be proud to own and run.
14. Click here to read 4 helping hands that will ensure you internal meetings are productive and compelling…
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1. How many internal meetings have you been to this week that have left you feeling disappointed, frustrated and demoralised?
How many internal meetings have you been to that were unproductive, boring or frankly a complete waste of time? Click here to learn how to turn unproductive meetings into compelling meetings
2. Meetings are notorious for lacking clear purpose and failing to generate decisions or actions.
Click here to learn that when you allow such wasteful meetings to prevail and you’ll always feel that your business is missing out on the performance and results it could and should have.
3. How do the internal meetings that happen within your business make you feel?
Are you concerned that they seem to be ineffectual, unnecessary and only happen by habit?
Click here to break the habits in your business and make your internal meetings work for you…
4. If you as a business owner or manager attend up to 15 meetings a week as the research suggests, then better meetings could and should bring you a better more successful business…
But have they…
Click here to learn how to transform your meetings into productive use of your time.
5. There is a general belief in the business world that most internal meetings are pointless and result in little or no action or accountability…
Click here to learn that this is not the fault of the meeting, this is the fault of the person running the meeting or running the business and what to do about it.
6. How do you turn around the success of your internal business meetings?
How do you make your meetings compelling, successful and action driven?
There are 3 grades of decision that decide what kind of meeting you should have. Click here to learn what these are and how to use them to decide on the right type of meeting to have in your business.
7. How many meetings do you have in your business where the decision is inconsequential?
As the business owner or manager, you should just make the decision and the action should be implemented immediately. Click here to learn more.
8. How many low consequence meetings do you have in your business?
When you go into these meetings have you already made the decision?
Click here to learn that if you have not made the decision then the meeting should not be happening – as it just becomes a discussion.
9. Because you want your business to succeed, you want to make great decisions that have the full support of your team.
Making a decision first puts you, the business leader or manager, under the spotlight…
Click here to learn how to embrace this spotlight…
10. Make your meetings more like watching a great movie, encourage the right kind of conflict and debate and you will get the best and right decisions for your business. Click here to learn how the right kind of conflict will bring your business success…
11. It’s true, no-one really likes conflict…
However, when you are making high-stakes decisions you don’t want passive bystanders who just readily approve of everything you say, especially if deep down they don’t agree.
Click here to learn that you DO want to encourage healthy debate in your internal meetings
12. In your business meetings, do you welcome opinion, encourage debate?
How often does healthy conflict occur in your meetings about important, high-impact decisions?
Click here to learn that a simple meeting process can still bring your business the right results, even when the stakes are high…
13. Do you think your internal business meetings are delivering your business the results it deserves?
Click here to learn that your Internal meetings should be designed to help you make or implement decisions. They should be designed to help you move your business forward and grow your business into one you would be proud to own and run.
14. Click here to read 4 helping hands that will ensure you internal meetings are productive and compelling…
Blog Posts
BLOG 1– Are you having the life sucked out of you in your internal business meetings?
Internal meetings are the lifeblood of every business.
Several meetings probably take place in your business every day.
Many people view them as the way people within the business communicate, a place where all the decisions are made, and the most important issues of the moment are decided…
But in reality this is simply not the case…
How many internal meetings have you been to this week that have left you feeling disappointed, frustrated and demoralised?
How many internal meetings have you been to that were unproductive, boring or frankly a complete waste of time?
Meetings are notorious for lacking clear purpose and failing to generate decisions or actions.
Allow such wasteful meetings to prevail and you’ll always feel that your business is missing out on the performance and results it could and should have.
So, if internal meetings happen every week in your business, why don’t you start looking at them as an opportunity to improve your results every week.
Meetings happen too often to ignore, so improve the way they work in your business. Go here to learn how…
BLOG 2 – Use your time wisely - make your internal business meetings matter
How do the internal meetings that happen within your business make you feel?
Are you concerned that they seem to be ineffectual, unnecessary and only happen by habit?
According to a 3M Meeting Network survey of managers, 25-50 percent of the time people spend in meetings is deemed as time wasted.
Effective internal meetings result in collaboration, action and progress for your business, otherwise what’s the point of having them? Without a clear decision being made, a meeting is simply a ‘talking shop’ – it’s like a boat sailing along without a rudder.
However, because internal meetings happen in most businesses every week they are a fantastic chance to drive your business forward every week!
Patrick Lencioni (author of ‘Death by Meeting’) believes:
“…improving meetings is not just an opportunity to enhance the performance of companies. It is also a way to positively impact the lives of our people”
And, if you as a business owner or manager attend up to 15 meetings a week as the research suggests, then better meetings could and should bring you a better more successful business…
You time is scarce, click here to learn how to improve the success of the internal meetings that happen in your business and put your time to good use.
BLOG 3 – Discover the 3 grades of decision making that will transform your internal meetings…
There is a general belief in the business world that most internal meetings are pointless and result in little or no action or accountability…
But this is not the fault of the meeting, this is the fault of the person running the meeting or running the business!
In his book ‘Read This Before Our Next Meeting’ Al Pittampalli states:
“One mediocre meeting after another quietly corrodes our organisation, and every day we allow it to happen.
If an operating room were as sloppily run as our meetings, patients would die. If a restaurant kitchen put as little planning into the meal as we put into our meetings, dinner would never be served. Worst of all, our meeting culture is changing how we focus, what we focus on and what decisions we make”
So, how do you turn around the success of your internal business meetings?
How do you make your meetings compelling, successful and action driven?
It is important to remember that at the heart of any successful meeting is a decision.
And we often assume that the meeting will make the decision.
However:
The meeting does not make the decision – you do.
As the business leader you are the decision maker.
Whichever type of meeting you have, what you want to achieve is the same:
healthy constructive debate
collaboration
progress and actions
Pittampalli puts a strong case forward for putting the decision first, the meeting second and perhaps not even having a meeting at all…
He suggests 3 grades of decision:
Decisions of no consequence
Decisions of low consequence
Decisions of mid to high consequence
Click here to learn how to use these 3 grades of decision making when deciding your meeting management.
BLOG 4 – To meet or not to meet - make your decision and avoid the meeting
Decisions – they are so easy to make. We make them all the time in our personal life…
Shall I have my hair cut?
Shall I get a new car?
Shall I organise a party for my daughter’s birthday?
These decisions are normally made individually – you might seek advice or talk it over with someone.
But most of the time you have already made your decision and you certainly don’t need to meet at length with a number of people to discuss it further.
So why is it in business, meetings seem to be held for the most inconsequential issues?
Al Pittampalli in his book ‘Read This Before Our Next Meeting’ suggests that there are 3 grades of decision:
Decisions of no consequence
Decisions of low consequence
Decisions of mid to high consequence
He believes decisions of no consequence do not require a meeting – these are decisions that cause little or no impact to your people or your business.
How many meetings do you have in your business where the decision is inconsequential?
As the business owner or manager, you should just make the decision and the action should be implemented immediately.
He believes decisions of low consequence require very little debate, but you may well need to collaborate with your team to ensure you have their support.
These meetings should be about finalising the decision you have already made and generating buy-in, so you can agree follow-on actions.
How many low consequence meetings do you have in your business?
When you go into these meetings have you already made the decision?
If not, then the meeting should not be happening – as it just becomes a discussion.
These meetings should be action and movement orientated.
For low consequence decisions Pittampalli suggests following a meeting process.
Click here to learn what this is and how you can implement it. Then your internal meetings can happen often, quickly and propel your business towards greater success.
BLOG 5 – Movie magic and meeting magic comes from conflict…
Because you want your business to succeed, you want to make great decisions that have the full support of your team.
Making a decision first puts you, the business leader or manager, under the spotlight…
This makes conflict and collaboration a critical part of your meeting management and your meeting success.
When the stakes are high, constructive debate is essential in the meeting.
In fact, the decision demands conflict, needs debate and disagreement. It’s healthy, its makes for better decisions and better meetings.
It’s just like watching a great movie…
Movies – you watch them, you love them… millions do. The industry is worth £38 billion a year.
Directors of these movies realised long ago that movies must have conflict to hold the audience’s attention.
Viewers need to feel the tension that the characters feel, need to believe the drama, it’s what makes the movie compelling.
Think about the start of every great movie – conflict always shows up.
At the start of the James Bond Movie ‘Spectre,’ Daniel Craig joins the day of the dead parade in Mexico and has a ‘conflict’ on a helicopter in the central square. He then ends up having a ‘conflict’ with Ralph Fiennes, who has recently taken over as ‘M’.
Conflict and the resolution of conflict make movies and meetings compelling.
Make your meetings more like a James Bond movie by seeing conflict as an opportunity to encourage debate, good decision making, collaboration and ultimately the growth of your business.
BLOG 6 – What happens to your internal meetings when you encourage debate?
It’s true, no-one really likes conflict…
However, when you are making high-stakes decisions you don’t want passive bystanders who just readily approve of everything you say, especially if deep down they don’t agree.
You DO want to encourage healthy debate…
In your business meetings, do you welcome opinion, encourage debate?
How often does healthy conflict occur in your meetings about important, high-impact decisions?
Remember, even in meetings where the stakes are high, you have already made the preliminary decision and may end up having to make the final decision.
Al Pittampalli in his book ‘Read This Before Our Next Meeting’ suggests a simple meeting process for high stakes meetings:
Share the issue only, avoid sharing your preliminary decision. You then avoid people readily agreeing with you to avoid conflict
Get attendees to share their thoughts, do this before you share yours
Reveal your decision, invite and encourage disagreement
Provoke debate if it is not forthcoming by using questions
After robust debate, seek agreement.
If there is no agreement, then you make the decision and let everyone know
Most people shy away from conflict but, when you encourage opinions and debate you increase the likelihood of a good decision and avoid catastrophic decisions and actions, or worse, no decision or action.
Click here to learn how to use this process within your business to have great meetings, great decisions and buy-in from your people too.
BLOG 7 – Time to start seeing your internal meetings as an opportunity for growth in your business…
Do you think your internal business meetings are delivering your business the results it deserves?
Internal meetings within your business should be designed to help you make or implement decisions. They should be designed to help you move your business forward and grow your business into one you would be proud to own and run.
But remember the meeting is not the decision-maker, you are. It’s you, as the leader, who makes the decision.
Think about how many decisions have you made in the last week, month, year. How many of them were at meetings where you encouraged debate, conflict or sought buy-in?
The tone and structure of your meeting depends on the level, impact or consequence of your decision.
Here are 4 helping hands to ensure your internal meetings are compelling and productive:
Before you organise the meeting decide what grade of decision you are making, there are 3:
decision of no consequence
decision of low consequence
decision of mid to high consequence
If your decision is of no consequence, simply make the decision and let your team know – there is no need to even have a meeting
If your decision is of low consequence, share your decision and your understanding of the issues and seek buy-in so that actions can move the decision forward
If your decision is of high consequence, then the quality of the decision really matters. During the meeting get attendees to share their thoughts on the issue first before you share yours, then focus on generating genuine debate and conflict, working towards a collaborative agreement, resulting in actions.
Your business success depends on your internal meetings being successful, especially if you have lots of meetings every week.
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Subject: Make meetings matter in your business…
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How many internal meetings do you attend each day?
How many of them are time-consuming and unproductive and leave you feeling frustrated or demoralised?
What is clear is that your business will improve when your internal meetings improve.
In this ‘compelling meetings’ edition of Business Bitesize you will learn, in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea:
- how the right meetings should be just like watching a great movie
- that the level of impact of your decision determines the meeting itself
- how both collaboration and conflict are necessary in certain meetings
Meetings happen too often to ignore, so make them productive and successful in your business.
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Subject: Are you having the life sucked out of you in your internal business meetings?
Preview text: Don’t allow wasteful meetings to become the norm…
How often do you sit in meetings in your business that result in no decision, outcome or actions?
Meetings happen every day so isn’t it time you made them work for you and your team?
In this latest blog you’ll learn that when you start looking at internal meetings as a fundamental business driver you will improve the results of your business.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Breakthrough ‘Compelling Meetings’.
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Subject: Use your time wisely – make your internal meetings matter
Preview text: Do you sit in internal meetings out of habit?
How many internal meetings do you sit in every week out of habit?How many of them are ineffectual, unnecessary and time wasted?
In this latest blog you’ll learn that when run well internal meetings result in collaboration, positive action and drive your business forward.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Breakthrough ‘Compelling Meetings’.
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Subject: Discover the 3 grades of decision making that will transform your internal meetings…
Preview text: To have or not have the meeting – that is the question?
So many internal meetings in so many businesses happen because they always have, not because they should.
How many of the meetings that happen in your business result in decisions, actions and have positive consequences?
In this latest blog you’ll discover how to run productive meetings using the 3 grades of decision and their importance to your meetings and business success.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Breakthrough ‘Compelling Meetings’.
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Subject: To meet or not to meet – make your decision and avoid the meeting
Preview text: Don’t have internal meetings just for the sake of it…
How many meetings are held in your business for inconsequential issues?
How many meetings happen when you have already made the decision and are just seeking buy in from your team?
In this latest blog you’ll discover the importance of when and when not to have a meeting and that getting this right will propel your business towards greater growth and success.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Breakthrough ‘Compelling Meetings’.
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Subject: Movie magic and meeting magic comes from conflict…
Preview text: Be the James Bond of your business
When it comes to your recruitment, do you have a process?
You have meetings in your business to make decisions, but how do you react when people disagree and argue over the best course of action?
In truth when the decision really matters, constructive conflict and debate are essential for meeting success.
In this latest blog you’ll learn that conflict and resolution of the conflict must both feature in a successful meeting, and why it will be just like being at the movies.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Breakthrough ‘Compelling Meetings’.
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Subject: What happens to your internal meetings when you encourage debate?
Preview text: Conflict and opinions will bring meeting and business success
How often in your internal meetings, when the stakes are high do strong opinions result in healthy conflict and debate?
You might not like the conflict, not many of us do, but your business decisions will benefit from these highly charged meetings.
In this latest blog you’ll learn a simple meeting process that will encourage opinions, debate and increase the likelihood of great decisions being made for your business success.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Breakthrough ‘Compelling Meetings’.
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Subject: Time to start seeing your internal meetings as an opportunity for growth in your business
Preview text: Have meetings of consequence in your business
If you do not have the right meeting structure and hold meetings of consequence in your business, then you are wasting time and money.
In this latest blog you’ll learn how to identify whether to have a meeting of not and the 4 helping hands to ensure the internal meetings you DO have are compelling and productive.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Breakthrough ‘Compelling Meetings’.
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