Pow-erful Meetings

Few things elicit a collective groan as much as telling people they have to attend another work meeting. Everyone knows how uninspiring and unproductive work meetings often are. Why? There's no agenda. Topics wander all over the place. No summary notes are taken. The wrong people are invited, and those who are often talk over each other instead of to each other. And the next meeting is often just a rehash of the last one. We've got to stop meeting like this!The good news is, your meetings can be POWERFUL! With the strategies, tips, and tools that Becky Jarrell has catalogued in this resource, your meetings will add more productivity and value to your organization. Done right, people actually want to attend meetings because its where strategies are crafted, direction is set, and decisions are made. Done right, peoples' creativity and engagement is accessed, applied, and valued. Done right, meetings do what they're supposed to do, get RESULTS. The central theme of this workbook is that great meetings Start with a "P-O-W", that is, you begin by understanding the "Purpose, Outcomes, and Why" for your meeting. The "POW" influences the People you invite and their level of participation, the Practical Techniques you use to keep the meeting productive, the Process Tools you use to craft the agenda, and even the Preparation decisions you make when planning your meeting.Leading meetings is more about art than the science of meetings. You can't take a step-by-step cookbook approach. But if you keep the spirit of the "POW" in mind, you'll achieve truly Powerful Meetings.