Slay the Meeting Monster
Struggling with too many meetings that eat up your day? It’s time to change that! Slay the Meeting Monster is your guide to cutting down unnecessary meetings and transforming how your team collaborates in remote, hybrid and in-person environments. In this short, fun-to-read parable, you’ll learn practical strategies to reclaim your workday while building a more…
Tips on how to succeed when teaching new ways of working
Wendy got together with Peter and educated him on psychological safety, and what she and Bob have been planning for the upcoming facilitation workshop. Peter: “Wow, Wendy, thanks for the explanation on psychological safety. I get it now. But I think I’ll need your help in meetings when you see that I do something that…
How to lead a successful meeting: ask for help to increase its impact
Bob: “By the way, Wendy, we shouldn’t forget our guidance about where people are attending from.” Me (Wendy): “What do you mean?” Bob: “We should let people know they should get extra facilitators to help them out for fully remote or hybrid meetings. In the case of fully remote, the facilitator may not have enough…
Feeling tired in meetings? Tips to successfully reinvigorate your meetings
Bob: “Ok, so ice breakers can be the spark for a meeting. How about energizers? I’ve heard people saying that if the meeting is more than an hour long, there should be a break, and then there should be energizers to reinvigorate people.” Me (Wendy): “Personally, I am indifferent to energizers. What energizes one person…
Ice breakers can be the spark you look for in a meeting
Bob: “Wendy, I think we are ready for our facilitation training workshop with all the materials we identified. Let’s schedule this training.” Me (Wendy): “Not so fast, Bob! Remember we saw different suggestions from people on how to have engaging meetings? We commented on them whenever we saw those suggestions. Maybe we should formally write…
Increase psychological safety by practicing empathy and transparency
Me (Wendy): “Bob, I’m BACK!!” Bob: “Oh good! Now we can continue our discussion. You mentioned doing a survey, asking those 7 questions, once a quarter. But they seem to be more after the fact. So, are there things we can do beforehand or even during these meetings? Me: “Yes. We can model the right…
How do we gauge the level of psychological safety in our meetings?
(Last time, Bob and I finished talking about how we can start building psychological safety in our teams, basically one meeting at a time. Now, let’s dive back into our conversation and see what we talk about next.) Bob: “Great! So, is there a way for us to gauge the level of psychological safety in…
Want to know the tips on how to handle disagreements in meetings?
Last time, Bob and I were talking about people being curious and not thinking of rebuttals and counterarguments while the person was speaking. Now, let’s dive back in to our conversation. Me (Wendy): “When people disagree, it’s about our perspectives and the choices we make based on risk and other factors. In some cases, it…
The Six Team Agreements to follow to disagree safely in a meeting
(Bob and I discussed the first 2 things in the team agreement that Dr. Amy Edmondson proposed. We are now continuing the discussion onto the rest of the 6 points.) Bob: “Moving onto the 3rd point, I want to ensure people understand that when we disagree, we focus on the idea, not the person. Nowadays,…
The Six Team Agreements to have psychologically safe meetings
Me (Wendy): “Other than Modern Agile’s suggestion on asking everyone to be CLEAR at the beginning of each meeting, there is another team agreement proposed by Dr. Amy Edmondson, also done at the beginning of each meeting. It is to ask the team to agree to the following six things: 1) We hold all stories…
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