Meeting Practices That Support Innovation

Mamie Kanfer Stewart

The strongest message about how you want your culture to perform is embedded in how you conduct your meetings.

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Culture is theSet of beliefs and behaviors that determine how a company's employees act and interact.Culture is expressed as implicit or explicitRituals, values, norms, systems, symbols, language, and habits.

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Meetings are where decisions are made, insights and ideas shared, relationships built, and power expressed.@MeeteorHQ@MamieKS

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TECHNOLOGYCOACHING

SKILL BUILDING

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On average, managers and senior executives spend half their time in meetings.

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62 meetings are a waste of

time

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$37 billionper year in

unproductive meetings

per month attended on

average

1/3

Learnings are only as good as your response.

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MEASURE

BUILD

LEARN

Moving quickly means maintaining alignment is harder.

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Set a desired outcome for every meeting.

#1

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List of…Agreement on…Decision on…Alignment on…Ideas for…Events scheduled…Stronger relationships…Completed…

Use norms to establish expected behaviors in meetings.

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● Ask how might we and think boldly.

● Customer’s feedback is more important than our opinions.

● Challenge assumptions and voice concerns.

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Take notes, share them and build a knowledge bank.

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Capture and organize:● Notes● Tasks● Decisions● Learnings

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LEARNINGN T D L

Learnings are insights, critical information, or ‘ah-ha’s that you want to call out as important and quickly find in the future.

NOTEN T D L

Notes are general conversation that give context for historical purposes.

TASKN T D L

Tasks are action items to be done. Assign an owner and list a due date.

DECISIONN T D L

Decisions are agreements. Be sure to include a rationale or explanation for why the decision was made.

Meetings are a microcosm of your company.

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Set a desired outcome for every meeting.

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Use norms to establish expected behaviors in meetings.

Take notes, share them and build a knowledge bank.

Meeting Practices That Support Innovation

Mamie Kanfer Stewart

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