Meeting Agendas Articles

Takeaways from the Global SCRUM Gathering and Control the Room

The Global SCRUM GATHERING® Austin was kicked off on a warm Monday morning in May by Daniel Pink. Because his research focused on time and timing, Daniel compiled and published his results and...

Your Meeting Pathway to Success and Supplemental Workshop Canvas

Over the years, students and alumni have clamored for a simple reference sheet of our curriculum and how to prepare for a meeting. Consequently, we think we have it now and hope you agree. Meetings...

How to Facilitate Speakers and Conference Presentations

During a four-day conference, we facilitated more than 20 speakers and varying presentations, each citing distinctive topics ranging from embracing social responsibility to utilizing Google®...

Product Owner — Creating Products that Customers Love

“Creating Products that Customers Love” strikes us as highly poignant, as much of the world heads toward a holiday season with much gift-giving. Roman Pickler’s book, “Agile Product Management...

5 Highly Effective Words for Business Meetings: Warning, Proceed With Caution!

Jul 2, 2020 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support

Research conducted by professor Cynthia Rudin of M.I.T. and student Been Kim, on highly effective words for business...

How to Lead Online Meetings: No Hiding and Practical Tips

Jun 5, 2020 | Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools

Research consistently reports that the three biggest, challenges of leading online meetings are: Technology challenges...

Don’t Blame Meeting Failure on Your Online Meeting Technology

May 5, 2020 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools

Whether you use Zoom, Teams, WebEx, GoToMeeting, or another online meeting technology, don’t blame the failure of your...

Voting Sucks Because it Leads to Bigger Numbers but Lower Quality Decisions

Decision Making, Meeting Structure

Western society, and to an increasing amount, the rest of the world, depends on the voting method of decision-making....

How to Facilitate Olympic Scoring – Innovative Ideas & Concepts

Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Prioritizing

The Purpose of Olympic Scoring is to extract some consensually validated new product, process, or other innovative...

Methodological Awareness About Deming’s 14 Points of Continuous Improvement

Decision Making, Leadership Skills

Every minute somewhere, someone refers to Deming’s term SMART (i.e., Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant,...

Appreciate the Value of Argumentation and Meeting Argumentation

Communication Skills, Decision Making, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict

A strong facilitator should understand and appreciate the value of argumentation, specifically meeting argumentation....

Develop the Basis for a Successful Meeting or Workshop in Four Easy Steps

Meeting Agendas, Meeting Support

Here is how to develop the basis for a successful meeting framework in four easy steps. To prepare your meeting...

Appreciative Inquiry — A Facilitative Path for the Future

Planning Approach

Organizations seeking to change HOW they work use consider Appreciative Inquiry. The Appreciative Inquiry approach...

94 Different Purposes of Meetings Yield Three Common Themes

Meeting Agendas

While by no means ‘exhaustive,’ we researched and assembled various meeting types and purposes of meetings from dozens...

Core Competency: Planning Changes Minds, Not Simply Make Plans

Meeting Support, Planning Approach

Facilitating a planning session makes you a change agent. Because even President Eisenhower (then General) was known...

Decision Types: Understanding the Time and Place for Individual or Group Decisions

Decision Making, Planning Approach

The continuum of leadership behavior provides one context for understanding the best time and place for individual...

« Older Entries

Next Entries »

Order Now

STOP WASTING TIME AND MONEY

Get your copy now!

With Meetings That Get Results, you’ll learn how to lead meetings that produce clear and actionable results every time. More important, how to avoid the worst possible outcome from any meeting—another meeting!

“An essential handbook for any leader or facilitator of meetings. Especially as we have transitioned to more remote-based collaboration, I value all the tips to lead global team meetings.”

— Sana A. Manjeshwar, Global Principal Ombuds Manager, Chevron

“A soul searching yet practical approach to putting strategy into action. Metz’s approach is unique and a breath of fresh air.”

— Jim Pennella, SVP, Corporate Services, Crowley