This Meeting Sucks: Recent Episodes
Lauren Green
A goal is only as good as its results, and the only way to see your progress is to measure. In this episode, we walk through the final phase of the MeetingMakers Framework: Performing and Learning. The agenda includes activities for developing measures and metrics to identify progress that are feasible to track and realistic to achieve.
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EPISODE RESOURCESMeasuring Performance Workshop SessionLab
Measuring Performance Template Package
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Edited and produced by Caitlin Murray
When teams have a clear goal and aligned, actionable steps, it’s easy to make their vision a reality. In this episode, we walk through the fifth phase of the MeetingMakers Framework: Mapping, which includes goal-setting and action-planning activities. This agenda takes your team through the process step by step and leaves you with a set of actionable tasks ready to be plugged into your project management system.
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EPISODE RESOURCESGoal Setting and Action Planning Workshop SessionLab
Goal Setting and Action Planning Template Package
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A clear mission and time-bound vision enable organizations to work productively and efficiently. This episode breaks down the fourth phase of the MeetingMakers Framework: Visioning, with an agenda for collaboratively crafting clear and motivating mission and vision statements.
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EPISODE RESOURCESMission and Vision Workshop SessionLab
Mission and Vision Workshop Template PackageVisual Explorer deck from the Center for Creative Leadership
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If your team struggles to see results in new initiatives or strategic plans, it’s time to consider how these fit into the work you do already. In this episode, we walk through the fourth/final part of the third phase in our MeetingMakers Framework: Aligning, focused on process, and give you a simple process for reflecting on and improving your processes as a team.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:Process Mapping SessionLab Agenda
Process Mapping Template Package
About LEGO SERIOUS PLAY
Find a LEGO SERIOUS PLAY facilitator
LEGO SERIOUS PLAY Training from SERIOUSWORK
Business Model Canvas Template
Osterwalder and Pigneur's Business Model Generation (book)
Business Model Canvas Training
Create a Customer Journey Map on Canva
Tom Wujec’s Draw Toast TED Talk
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For any team, the customer or user is central to everything you do. Understanding who your team supports at a deep level is critical to ensuring that what your team does achieves real success. In this episode, we walk through part three of the third phase in our MeetingMakers Framework: Aligning, focused on customers. We discuss the importance of centralizing customers in strategic conversations, delivering value, and meeting their needs.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:Design Sprint SessionLab Agenda
Design Sprint Template PackageThe LUMA System
IDEO Thinking
Stanford d.school Tools
Eric Ries’ The Lean Startup(book)
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Jumping into goal-setting without a clear understanding of the present sets the stage for misalignment and missed opportunities. In this episode, we’ll walk you through part two of the third phase in our MeetingMakers Framework: Aligning, focused on the present. We discuss the importance of aligning on internal and external realities to set a foundation for effective strategic planning and achieving your goals.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:SLOR Analysis SessionLab Agenda
SLOR Analysis Template Package
Context Map Template from The Grove
Pre-meeting Survey Template
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When teams design a path forward, reflection on the past is a critical step that is often missed. In this episode of This Meeting Sucks, we’re going to walk you through part one of the third phase in our MeetingMakers Framework: Aligning, focused on the past. We’ll discuss the importance of looking back before moving forward and take you through our History Map agenda template.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:History Map SessionLab AgendaHistory Map Template PackageTMS S2E10: Debrief Meetings (podcast episode)
Rick Maurer's Beyond the Wall of Resistance (book)
CFO Bookshelf: Beyond the Wall of Resistance with Rick Maurer (podcast episode)
Graphic History Template from The Grove
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Trust is the foundation of a healthy team, and without it, teams lack the tools for constructive conflict, commitment to goals, mutual accountability, and major results. In this episode of This Meeting Sucks, we’re going to walk you through the second phase in our MeetingMakers Framework: Building Trust. Trust doesn’t just happen. Like any relationship, you have to cultivate trust—a trusting team is one that thrives in the face of an obstacle.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Work Styles and Team Profile SessionLab Agenda
Work Styles and Team Profile Template Package
Jan Keck’s Icemelters(book)
Help Your Meetings Work I—Verbal Tools (S3E4)
Our blogs on energizers
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Whether you're a new team working together, an existing team looking for a reset or just unsure about where a project is headed, it's important to get everyone on the same page. In this episode, we’re going to walk you through the first phase in our MeetingMakers Framework: Initiating, which includes Project Kick-Offs and Team Charters. With these meetings, you can lay the groundwork for success, ensuring everyone is on the same page and ready to tackle whatever comes their way.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:Project Kick-off and Team Charter SessionLab Agenda
Project Kick-off and Team Charter Template Package
Meeting Cadance Quiz
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Welcome to Season 4, MeetingMakers! This season is all about high-performing teams and how you can build your way to high performance through meetings. We’ve codified a suite of agendas and companion templates you can modify and use with your team. This episode introduces you to the MeetingMakers Framework and walks you through the coming season.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:TMS Season 1: Just-in-Time Meeting Skills
QUIZ: Where is my team?
Katzenbach and Smith's The Wisdom of Teams (book)
Chris McGoff's The Primes (book)
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No matter your skill at leading meetings, there are some occasions when hiring a facilitator is in your best interest. This episode goes over considerations to help you recognize when it’s time to bring in a third-party facilitator and gives you a guide of questions to consider when searching for the right person to lead your meeting.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions (book)
Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (book)
Decision Traps: The Ten Barriers to Decision-Making and How to Overcome Them (book)
MAFN Find-A-Facilitator (database)
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Written by Lauren Green and produced by Caitlin Murray.
Organization leaders and meeting sponsors carry a large influence on the meetings they attend, and how they show up can affect the group as a whole and the success of a session. This episode provides guidance for what leaders should be doing before, during, and after a meeting to help achieve outcomes and harness the wisdom of their team.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Season 1: Just-in-Time Meeting Skills (podcast)
MeetingMakers Academy (webpage)
S1E4: Outline Your Meeting (podcast episode)
S2E9: Make It a Meeting, Not a Lecture (podcast episode)
S3E5: Help Your Meetings Work I—Verbal Tools (podcast episode)
Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg PhD (*book)
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Whether your team needs help remembering information or navigating the complexities of virtual meetings, you can take on a meeting support role to level up the effectiveness of your team’s meeting. In this episode, Lauren breaks down the need for meeting notes and tips for taking them effectively, and guest Heather Martinez discusses the rold of tech host.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Understanding Visual Notetaking (video)
Dancing with Markers (website)
Start Your Visual Notetaking Journey (resource)
Let’s Letter Together (website)
Tech Host Academy (online course)
How to E3 Your Online Meetings (video)
Top 5 Vitals for Being a Successful Tech Host (video and blog)
Heather Leavitt Martinez is a practical mix of supporting others and modeling the way. Rooted in Appreciative Inquiry (AI), everything Heather does from training and facilitation to tech hosting is based in AI. She is a visual practitioner by trade, but quickly turned virtual facilitator at the start of the pandemic and brought many along with her. Heather is the director of Tech Host Academy, senior product manager at Kadabra, and is currently working with the Center of Appreciative Inquiry to deliver her work as a visual facilitator and tech host.
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Sometimes, the best way to deal with conflict, is to stop and listen. In this episode, we’ll reframe our understanding of conflict and explore practical strategies for managing it effectively, whether you're the facilitator or a participant.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Book Notes: Don't Just Do Something, Stand There (blog)
Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!: Ten Principles for Leading Meetings That Matter by Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff (book)
The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It by David A. Carbonell PhD (book)
TMS S1E4: Outline Your Meeting (podcast episode)
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By identifying patterns in the conversation of your meeting, you can take action to keep things balanced and productive. In this episode, we go over the Kantor model, a tool you can use to track conversations and gain insight into group dynamics.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Reading the Room - Channeling the Power of Group Dynamics (video by Brian Tarallo)
CLIP: Apollo 13—"Failure is not an option"
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Get ready to test your knowledge in this Jeopardy-style episode inspired by the Not Past It podcast. In this episode, we unpack a facilitator’s toolkit of simple verbal tools that anyone in a meeting can use to improve communication, encourage diverse voices, and enhance the meeting experience.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner (book)
A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas by Warren Berger (book)
Questions Library (guide)
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Participant etiquette can make or break the success of a meeting. In this episode, we challenge you to rethink your approach to meetings with suggestions on mindset, being present, dealing with dominating personalities, and more.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
TMS S2E2: Can We Just Have a Meeting? (podcast episode)
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott (book)Mastering the Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback (blog)
Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner (book)
Self-Coaching Activity: Self-Affirmations and Setting Boundaries with Others (blog)
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Group and team dynamics can have a huge impact on the success of a meeting. In this episode, we discuss power dynamics, the role of conflict styles and groupthink, and introduce you to the Team Dimensions Profile, a tool for assessing team roles.
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Quiet by Susan Cain (book)
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In today's hectic work environment, where back-to-back meetings and unexpected challenges are the norm, managing yourself is the key to success. In this episode, we cover three tools for understanding how people work and interact in different situations: Myers-Briggs Type Theory, DiSC Work Styles Assessment, and the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI).
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Conflict Styles Decision Tree (guide)
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Welcome to Season 3, MeetingMakers! This season is for anyone who participates in meetings with a desire to make them suck less. In this episode, we’ll give you an overview of what to expect in Season 3—focused on improving meetings through modeling etiquette, making space for others, and playing a support role when needed.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Reinventing Organizations (Illustrated Edition) by Frederic LaLoux (book)
Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There by Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff (book)
Facilitation Tips from Don't Just Do Something, Stand There (blog)
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You don’t need a three-day offsite in the woods to improve your team’s performance. It's much easier (and more effective) to bake debrief meetings into your team meeting rhythms so you can learn and grow from setbacks and successes. This episode covers an easy process you can use to start building a learning team.
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EPISODE SOURCES:
What Is OD And The Action Research Model (ARM)? (article)
Frederick Taylor and Scientific Management (article)
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Most presentations are boring and unmemorable, but there are techniques you can pull from meeting facilitation to make your presentations more engaging and effective. In this episode, we dive into tips for planning your presentation, telling a story, engaging your audience and utilizing visuals.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
- Lead with a Story by Paul Smith (book*)
- Dancing With Markers (website)
- Introduction to Facilitating with Visuals (online course)
- 8 Models Every Facilitator Should Be Able to Draw Live (blog)
- Tips for Making Effective PowerPoint Presentations (NCSL resource)
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- USB Document Camera (product*)
- Presentation Tips (DO-IT resource)
- How to Give a Killer Presentation (HBR article)
- 100 Top Public Speaking Tips: Master List (blog)
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Conflict in meetings is normal, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. In this special guest episode, certified meditator Gina Weatherup offers her top tips for managing conflict at work. Plus, Lauren gives her suggestions for giving feedback in the moment rather than waiting for a performance review.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg Ph.D. (book*)
Time Spent on Workplace Conflict Has Doubled Since 2008 (research study press release+)
Understanding Conflict (blog)
Mastering the Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback (blog)
Improve Talent Development With Our SBI Feedback Model (CCL article)
*As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.+As of October 2022, the average worker loses 4 hours a week—two whole days a month—to conflict.
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Coaching is a buzzword these days, but what exactly is coaching? And why is it important for managers to have basic coaching skills? This episode breaks down essential skills for coaching and why we all need them and ends with a live coaching demo to demonstrate those skills in action. Check out the BONUS EPISODE for a live coaching demo with Lauren and Vickie.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Jess Grippo (website)
International Coaching Federation (website)
ICF Code of Ethics (webpage)
The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier (book*)
Top 7 Questions for Leaders Who Coach (blog)
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This bonus episode is a companion to the Coaching 101 episode. We recommend listening to that episode before checking out this live coaching demonstration.
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When someone ducks their head in, do you wish you could hide under your desk? In this episode, we give you healthy options for responding to unexpected conversations and change, and tips to help you have a productive conversation and get back to work.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
What Happens to Your Body During the Fight-or-Flight Response? (article)
Self-Affirmations and Setting Boundaries with Others (blog)
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Tired from standing around in your morning standup? If your daily tag-ups are running long, it’s time to get essential. In this episode, we’ll give you ways to start your stand-up strong and prompts to keep the conversation quick and productive.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
What is a Stand-up Meeting? (article)
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Weekly meetings are meant to kick off the week with momentum. If you’re going in without a plan or fighting to keep your team on task, it’s time to make a change. In this episode, we’ll walk you through what might not be working and give you an agenda template you can use right away.
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Established meeting rhythms are the best-kept secret to high-performing teams… until now. Meeting rhythms help teams work more effectively. In this episode, we review a process you can use to establish new meeting rhythms or revise existing rhythms with your team.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
- Season 1 Playbook: Just-in-Time Meeting Skills (ebook — use code "MEETINGMAKERS5" for $5 off)
- Dancing with MURAL and Google Doc (blog)
- 5 Simple Visual Planning Templates (blog)
- Designing and Facilitating with Visual Templates (online course — use code "MEETINGMAKERS20" for 20% off your purchase of one of our courses)
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Sometimes it’s easiest to send a quick text or email, but that puts us at risk of being misunderstood and misinterpreted. In this episode, we’ll discuss factors to consider when choosing how to communicate with a co-worker or team and provide a short quiz you can use to find a good option each time.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Daniel Goleman: Why aren’t we more compassionate (TED Talk)
Self-Affirmations and Setting Boundaries with Others (blog)
Should we text, email, call or meet about this? (quiz)
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Welcome to Season 2, MeetingMakers! This season is for the managers out there who want their teams to meet more efficiently, not longer. This episode gives you an overview of the season and the skills you'll learn to improve your work life.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Barry Oshry's Seeing Systems (book*)
Season 1 Playbook: Just-in-Time Meeting Skills (ebook)
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You’ve done the prep, you’ve gone through your agenda; now, all that’s left is to wrap things up in a bow. In this last episode of This Meeting Suck season one, we’ll walk you through closing the conversation, recapping next steps and sending participants on their way.👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode.
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No matter how detailed your outline is or how much you prepped, you can never guarantee your meeting will go exactly as planned. This episode includes tips for navigating conflict, managing time and ensuring inclusion during your meeting.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff’s Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There (book)
Questions Library (free PDF)
Get Soaring with Mary Alice Arthur (website)
Sam Kaner’s Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making (book)
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You’re ready for your meeting, but before you can jump into content, you need to kick off the meeting and each activity to come. This episode will give you tips and reminders for each, with a bonus focus on open-ended questions.
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If you’ve been following along this season, you probably have a great meeting planned. But before you kick off your meeting, there are some important final preparations you should take to ensure your meeting runs smoothly. It’s time to connect with co-planners, collect your materials, communicate with participants and more.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Introduction to Facilitating with Visuals
Designing and Facilitating with Visual Templates
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Communications Template
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No plan for your meeting? Participants resisting your agenda at every turn? Open Space is your friend. Open Space Technology is a meeting method that ensures that topics that the participants care about the most are covered. In this episode, learn how to use Open Space to collaboratively plan your agenda with participants.
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide (book)
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If you’ve been following along with the season so far, then you’ve made in through prepping your meeting and developing an agenda outline. Now it’s time to create a facilitation guide: a detailed version of your agenda with talking points, reflection questions, tech host instructions and more. We’ll also cover the importance of additions like affinity clustering and breakouts for ensuring a smooth and productive meeting.
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Meeting Outline and Facilitation Guide Template (Google Doc)
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You’ve decided to meet and you’ve prepped for your meeting. It’s time to outline your meeting. In this episode, we’ll take you through all the steps of creating your outline including choosing a medium, establishing outcomes, creating flow, timing and energy shifts, and how to open and close the meeting.
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EPISODE RESOURCES AND LINKS:
Dancing with MURAL (blog)
Meeting Outline and Facilitation Guide Template (Google Doc)
Sam Kaner’s Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making (book)
Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff’s Future Search Model (book)
5 Steps to Stay Focused When Teaching Online (HBP article)
Designing Meeting Agreements with Visual Tools (blog)
Meeting Agreement Matching (free PDF)
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This episode breaks down the first season—just-in-time meeting tools—aimed to help you plan an inclusive, engaging and purposeful meeting. Listen to find out what to expect from this season and get ready to make your meetings work.
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Successful meetings have a design. If you’re just showing up and meeting and wondering why it’s not working, it’s because no one is taking time to plan out your meetings beforehand. By the end of this episode, you’ll know who needs to be a part of planning, why your meeting and the 10 questions you need to answer to start your outline.
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No, your meeting could not have been an email. There's a reason that meeting is on your calendar and there are changes that can make meetings suck less and even worthwhile. In this episode, we’ll discuss all the reasons why we meet and the 1-out-of-100 scenario when it makes sense not to.
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Welcome to This Meeting Sucks, the podcast providing tangible tools to “un-suck” your meetings. In this episode, host Lauren Green tells you the secret skill missing from your most boring meetings (spoiler alert: it’s facilitation). We’ll tell you what to expect from this podcast and how to be the first to know when a new episode drops. If you like the podcast, don’t forget to follow, rate and review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast platform.