Meeting Leadership Podcast

It is human nature to become more attentive, more productive when we have a good amount of space.

For that reason, it's a mistake to overlook the spatial questions when you approach a meeting room. As a meeting facilitator, the 4 questions presented in MLP 066 should be a part of planning.

The idea is to place your team members in the most comfortable environment possible. Along the morale boost that comes with good space, you'll see improvements to the overall flow of your meetings.

For more information or a transcript of MLP 066, visit: https://meetingleadershipinc.com/66.

Intercultural competence is a set of skills that leaders can use to ensure appropriate and effective interaction with people of other cultures.

We covered why intercultural competence is important back in episode #039. In that episode was professional competence expert Dan Garcia, who returns to shed more light on the subject.

In episode #065 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast, we discuss how you can instill intercultural competence in your meetings and organization. A lot of ground was covered in this our longest episode to date, and here are a few of the highlights:

• Using diagnostic tools for self-assessment
• Understanding cultural nuances
• Adjusting to your audience
• Asking the right questions about intercultural competence
• Adapting behavior and shifting perspective

To contact Dan Garcia, visit: http://knowprincipia.com.

For more information or the transcript for MLP #065, visit https://meetingleadershipinc.com/65

Disagreements in meetings are inevitable, yet many are a necessary part of progress.

Sometimes a healthy back-and-forth turns into the kind of bickering that is a distraction. When this happens, an effective meeting leader knows how to step in and get everyone back on course.

In episode 64 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast, we talk about ways you can deal with conflict without losing that necessary edge. The goal is to establish a meeting environment where constructive disagreement is encouraged, but only within useful limits.

We'll cover 3 suggestions for actions you can take to resolve conflict in meetings, and a link to our podcast on the 9 questions you should ask about the people in your meeting room.

For more information or a transcript of MLP 059, visit: https://meetingleadershipinc.com/59

Missed post meeting follow-ups are each missed opportunities to strengthen your business.

In fact, following up can be considered the third part of any meeting, where planning and execution are the first two. In episode #063 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast, we talk about why post meeting follow ups are so important.

We'll cover the direct benefits of consistent follow-ups on efficiency, and how a brief action can boost employee morale. By the end, you should have gained another tool to help with meeting effectiveness and team development.

For more information or a transcript of episode #063, visit: https://meetingleadershipinc.com/63

Inspiration comes in many different forms, and from many sources.

It can be difficult to find inspiration at work, where the daily grind can sometimes wear at our motivation until it's all but spent. Part of our job as leaders is keep morale as high as possible so employees are motivated to do inspired work.

We discuss inspiration in episode #062 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast. We arm you with the tools to become an inspired leader that employees can rally behind, which can change the culture of your meetings and your workplace from top to bottom.

For more information or a transcript of MLP 062, visit: https://meetingleaderhipinc.com/62

Staying calm under pressure is a vital skill for business leaders looking to have effective interactions with their employees.

As workforces are often a mixture of different strengths and approaches, opposing views are bound to happen in the meeting rooms. While some tension can lead to breakthroughs, heated meetings can also make it harder to build relationships.

Kathy Archer returns with more insights about how we can improve our reactions during meetings. We discuss the downside of approaching meetings with a task-based agenda and how to shift the focus toward team development.

For more information or a transcript of MLP 061, visit: https://meetingleaderhshipinc.com/61

Employee burnout is usually the result of prolonged stress in the workplace.

Stress can come from many different places at work, but it usually comes down to "too much to do, not enough time." Meetings are a necessary part of our lives in any organization, but we should always be aware of how much time they are taking from the job.

This begs the question: how many meetings is too many? Episode #060 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast seeks to answer that question and provide ways you can cut the extra meetings once the line has become clear.

For more information or a transcript of MLP 060, visit: https://meetingleadershipinc.com/60

One of the main purposes of our meetings is to connect people in ways that are the most productive.

In episode #059 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast, we ask the 9 questions about the people in your meeting room that can affect how well they connect. The focus of the questions is which actions you can take to get the most out of their time and expertise.

We'll also link to some related materials that will give you a complete picture of the best way to approach the meeting room. These include the practical, spatial, and inspirational questions you should ask yourself before booking.

For more information or a transcript of MLP 059, visit:https://meetingleadershipinc.com/59

The follow-up to our meeting directives are just as important as the planning and execution, and overlooking this step could undermine your best efforts down the road.

Now that we have covered what you should do before and during a meeting, we'll conclude our three-part training on becoming a good meeting facilitator by explaining what you should do after the meeting is done. In the remaining items on our 15-question list, we cover accountability actions, follow-up procedures, and why you should keep your boss informed of meeting progress.

Completing all three parts and puttting what you've learned into action will have an immediate impact on your abilities as a meeting facilitator, both in terms of how effectively you run meetings, and how well you followthrough on the points covered within them.

The same gestures that are expected in one culture could be seen as offensive in others.

Understanding the nuances of our cultural differences is an imperative for any leader seeking to expand beyond a local shop, or even those who just want to instill real diversity in their ranks. Since meetings are the place where these cultural differences are exposed, we take a look at intercultural competence from a meeting leader's perspective. However, these ideals can apply to all interactions you might have with colleagues from different backgrounds, both in and out of meetings.

In episode #059 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast, we provide a few cautionary examples of ways culture can affect every interaction, as well as keynote speech excerpt that nails home some key points about how to approach intercultural interactions. By the end of the episode, you'll be armed with an intercultural approach that improves your ability to reach people from all parts of the world.

For more information or a transcript of MLP 057, visit:https://meetingleadershipinc.com/57