Mamie Kanfer Stewart: The Modern Manager

Mamie Kanfer Stewart is a managerial excellence expert, executive coach, author of Momentum: Creating Effective Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings*, and host of The Modern Manager podcast. She loves helping managers apply the best thinking on human behavior and flourishing in how they lead themselves and their teams.

Key Points

There are six reasons to have meetings: connect, align, decide, ideate/brainstorm, plan, and/or produce.

Set an outcome for the meeting and structure the agenda accordingly.

Approach other leaders for clarity when the purpose of the meeting is not apparent.

Consider the impact of unnecessary participants in meetings and decide in advance who needs to be consulted, informed, and engaged.

Maximize all attendees time by providing clear meeting invitations and concise instructions on pre-work or pre-reading to be completed.

Resources Mentioned

Momentum: Creating Effective Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings* by Mamie Kanfer Stewart and Tai Tsao

The Modern Manager podcast

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Moving Towards Meetings of Significance, with Seth Godin (episode 632)

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