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#117 - Executive coach and meetings expert Mamie Kanfer Stewart explains how to make workplace meetings more productive, effective, and enjoyable.

What you'll learn

• [1:44] How Mamie identified the problems with meetings and how to fix them.
• [3:34] The value of working in multiple different businesses before focusing on one company.
• [5:31] The most common problems with workplace meetings.
• [6:48] What meetings should and shouldn’t be used for.
• [10:04] Alternative tools you can use instead of having meetings and the power of voice messages.
• [15:28] How to decide which type of forum is the best to use to achieve your goals.
• [18:13] Who to invite to meetings and who doesn’t need to be there.
• [20:28] How to decide the right agenda for a meeting.
• [24:24] What you can do to make team meetings more effective.
• [27:40] Why the extra work involved in planning a meeting agenda is worthwhile.
• [30:44] How to manage meeting behaviours and keep people engaged.
• [36:50] How to make remote meetings as effective as possible.
• [40:35] How to persuade people that there are more effective ways to carry on meetings.

Resources mentioned in this episode (some of these are affiliate links and we may get a commission in the event that you make a purchase - this helps us to cover our expenses and is at no additional cost to you):

• Meeteor
• Momentum: Creating Effective, Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings, Mamie Kanfer Stewart
• The Modern Manager Podcast
• Gojo
• Where the Action Is, J. Elise Keith

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:

https://changeworklife.com/how-to-have-effective-meetings-at-work/

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