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…
How to CLEARly have psychological safety at meetings
Bob: “Well, Wendy, what do we need to do to start building psychological safety?” Me (Wendy): “Good question. There are a number of ways. According to Modern Agile, we can establish meeting safety when we begin a meeting by agreeing to be CLEAR.” Bob: “What do you mean by agreeing to CLEAR? Aren’t we always…
Want to have better meetings? Start practicing psychological safety
Me (Wendy): “Bob, you’re so correct about the fear cultures that some management think it’s necessary to propel people to work hard, but in effect, it stifles innovation, creativity, and collaboration. According to Dr. Amy Edmondson (professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School who came up with the term psychological safety), in order…
How to recognize the signs of lack of psychological safety in your teams
Bob: “Peter brought up the video team thrashing, eh?” Me (Wendy): “Yes. We initially started talking about the upcoming facilitation workshop, but it led to that and psychological safety.” Bob: “So, did he understand what it means?” Me: “No, but I did give him the definition – it’s the freedom to express ideas and opinions…
Successful meeting cultures: why you don’t want to break the psychological safety barrier
“ssssscrape, knock-knock-knock” I got a Slack message from Peter! Looks like we’re going into a quick conference. Peter: “Hey Wendy, I heard from Bob what you two have been up to. That’s quite a bit of change in how we think of and run meetings, and quite a few new skills that we all need…
Want to know how to stand out from the typical meetings? Change the way you end
Bob: “Now that we’re done with the middle – or actual heart – of the meeting, when we finish all the agenda items, it’s time to end the meeting. This is where we reflect on our work, celebrate it, and translate it into actions after the meeting.” Me (Wendy): “Yes, and it’s not just action…
Do you want to liberate your meetings from staid agendas?
Me (Wendy): “Now that we’ve covered the first 10 minutes, the rest of the meeting will be following the agenda. However, there’s an art of doing that which is not just calling out each agenda item. Again, it’s back to the facilitation skills. The meeting host or the facilitator will guide people through the agenda…
Want to be a Better Meeting Host? Up-level your facilitation skills
Bob: “Wendy, I want to make it clear that meeting hosts nowadays need to be skilled in facilitation techniques. They are essentially facilitators, not just meeting hosts who follow an agenda and collect a list of action items at the end. Facilitators take time to design the flow of the entire meeting to ensure the…
How to easily set the stage for more successful meetings
Bob: “I’m back, Wendy. Want to continue?” Me (Wendy): “Sure!” Bob: “Let’s tackle what we have to do during the meeting. Any meeting has to have a beginning, a middle, and an end, like any good movie. We need to be intentional about what we do in each of these sections. Things have to be…
Remote Facilitation Magic: Things to do before a meeting to have better meetings
Me (Wendy): “Hey Bob, I’m done with Peter. You know, I’m quite proud of him that he’s using slack a lot more than emails nowadays. I think we’re rubbing off on him! 😉 “Bob: “Hey Wendy, that’s good to hear! We are definitely changing Peter bit by bit! 😉 “ Me: “So, we talked about…
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