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The one strategy most likely to succeedWhen it comes down to it, all change is personal. It all comes down to individuals thinking and doing something different. Whatever you are trying … Read more |
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Building AlignmentWhile conflict within a meeting can be creative and productive, it can also be wasteful and damaging.It all depends on what the conflict is about. … Read more |
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Solution Effect DiagramThe Solution Effect Diagram is a very useful variation of the Ishikawa diagram. It is used for exploring the potential implications to an intended change (sometimes … Read more |
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Structuring Effective MeetingsIf you are an organisation or individual seeking to create an effective future, the key medium you have to effect this is in how you … Read more |
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Meeting Effectiveness Maturity ModelMaturity Models provide a ‘less-prescriptive’ way of engaging individuals and groups in developing practical goals for adopting best practice. They work by means of describing … Read more |
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Persistent Project WallsUnlike physical meeting rooms, virtual meeting rooms can be limitless in their dimensions and their allocation. Information can be spread over their virtual walls with … Read more |
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Asynchronous meetingsAsynchronous means ‘not at the same time’. Asynchronous meetings are a form of collaboration where the topics, the purpose and the inputs and outputs resemble a … Read more |
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Meetings ExcellenceTalk given to Siemens Business Excellence Forum Mike Clargo – September 2017 Process Improvement has transformed business … |
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10 Characteristics of Effective MeetingsDiana Gabriel has used her years of experience and insight to pull together 10 ‘fundamental concepts that characterise effective meetings’. We have included this item in the … Read more |
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PowerPoint TimersTimers are great tools for making sure that people recognise how time is passing when they are engaged in a task. The idea here is … Read more |
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Establishing a culture for meeting effectivenessPlease imagine, for a moment, one of the typical cross functional meetings that may be held in your organisation. It could be looking at the … Read more |
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Internet options for meetingsVirtual meetings are potentially the best thing to happen to meetings, ever. Frankly, our meetings have been in a rut for over 2000 years. They … Read more |
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Opening a Presentation | Pyramid PrincipleIn her book ‘The Pyramid Principle‘, Barbara Minto lays out a powerful model for engaging people from the outset of your presentation or event: Statement … Read more |
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Meetings selection chart“It is a strange quality of the human psyche how, if the most familiar tool in your kitbag is a hammer, all the problems come … Read more |
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Session PlansReally effective and efficient meetings are rarely achieved by accident. The following diagram shows a small section of an off-site workshop plan which reflects the … Read more |
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Tricider, Trello and other online tools for collaborationThere is a huge wealth of on-line tools that can help your team to ‘meet’ without physically being in the same place at the same … Read more |
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Shortcutting the consensus processConsensus Reaching is a really useful mechanism both for building shared commitment, and for ensuring a complete understanding of all of the available facts and … Read more |
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Mixed meetings and mediumsFor centuries, meetings have been our key mechanism for collaboration, but the nature of collaboration is changing as never before, and with it, the concept … Read more |
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‘Parking Lot’ PrinciplesA ‘Parking Lot’ is an extremely useful device for ensuring your meetings keep on track with the full support and attention of the attendees. Essentially, … Read more |
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Tracking your progress in ensuring productive meetingsWhy do so many inefficient meetings exist? Meetings are a crucial process to the effective running of an organisation, and meetings consume so much of … Read more |
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Meetings ChecklistPhase 1 Clarity of purpose/process Is there a clear objective defined which warrants the meeting? Is it necessary (as a meeting) or can (at least … Read more |
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What does it mean if I receive feedback that is less than perfect?The straight answer is basically that for some people, at some level, the MEETING did not achieve what you had hoped it would achieve. Plain and simple. … Read more |
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Are perceptions of value a fair assessment of meeting effectiveness?Pivotal to the measurement of meeting effectiveness is the micro-poll, which enables the attendees at the meeting to rate their perception meeting effectiveness in a … Read more |
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Using Inspirometers to measure meeting effectivenessThis article covers the basics of using Inspirometers to measure your meeting effectiveness. For more advanced insight into this, take a look at Meeting Effectiveness … Read more |
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Walk Round ProcessSyndicates are an excellent way of developing quality outcomes efficiently with the meeting, and for building ownership for these. Essentially, syndicates involve taking a small … Read more |