You know you need to make a plan for the company’s next year, but you feel a familiar sense of dread. Every year, it results in a giant, convoluted binder that is inevitably pushed to the back of the shelf three months in. How do you plan more strategically, so you end up with something that actually works? Is there a better way to set the company up for the future you want? 

In this episode, Megan talks with her husband, Joel Miller, Chief Product Officer, about the four essentials you need to create a strategic plan that works. They discuss the vital importance of vision, alignment, and execution—and how to ensure you have all three and don’t lose any of them along the way. You don’t have to settle for planning that is onerous, cumbersome, and quickly irrelevant when you incorporate these four ingredients to transform the planning process and clear the way for success. 

In this episode, you’ll discover—

• Common pitfalls of having an overcomplicated plan
• Helpful questions to ask while creating a long-term vision
• Why you must not confuse operational plans with strategic plans
• How to create alignment between the vision and individual tasks

Resources:

• Strategic Planning Checklist

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Leaders dream big. But too often, our greatest goals get lost in the whirlwind of daily tasks and interruptions. Today, we’ll give you three simple practices that will ensure your goals stay on track all year long. You’ll avoid the pain of seeing your biggest goals slip through your fingers - and you’ll feel satisfaction at seeing steady progress until they're finally achieved.

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Ugh, another meeting! Do you know the feeling? We sure do. We’ve sat through our share of bad meetings. But would you believe we actually love meetings now?

It’s true. We got so sick of lousy meetings that we decided to do something about it.

When we founded this company, we determined that meetings were going to be something more than a necessary evil. We wanted to make meetings productive and engaging, like they were meant to be.

So we created a meeting rhythm and cadence that ensures we have just the right number of meetings, that they all have a clear purpose, and that they don’t get bogged down or pulled off track.

And it works! Our meetings are enjoyable because we all know why we’re there, that the outcome is important, and it’ll be worth our time. We love meetings—and you can too!

In this episode, we show you how to structure your meetings for maximum engagement and results. We’ve also got two free tools that will make it much easier to structure your meetings. (See the links below.)

Here’s a Peek Inside This Episode

• Learn what we consider the worst of all possible meetings. [2:22]
• How to structure one-on-one’s with your direct reports. [3:58]
• Why it’s not okay to cancel one-on-one meeting. [5:36]
• How to structure a one-on-one so it doesn’t ramble. [6:40]
• How to get direct reports to provide information you need in advance of meeting. [7:32]
• Why it’s important to ask for the “bottom line” up front in a meeting briefing [10:00]
• How to structure workgroup meetings and why they are essential. [11:51]
• Examples of workgroup meetings we hold at Michael Hyatt & Co. [12:50]
• Who drives agenda for workgroup meetings, and what’s the guiding principle? [15:28]
• The biggest mistakes you can make in a work group meeting. [16:45]
• Learn the 3 reasons to have all-hands meetings [19:36]
• See why all-team meetings are vital for maintaining engagement. [18:39]
• The kinds of training Michael Hyatt & Co. offers to team members. [19:35]
• How quarterly meetings drive goal achievement. [20:43]
• Which company meetings should include spouses, and why. [23:07]
• How to structure annual celebrations for celebration and morale building. [23:50]
• Why we particularly loves the annual team gathering. [24:41]
• Best practices for all-team meetings. [26:32]

We hope this episode will be a game-changer for the meeting culture of your company. We’re totally serious. Make the changes we suggest here, and you’ll start to look forward to meetings because they produce the outcomes that drive your business forward.

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Resources from This Episode

• No Fail Meetings by Michael Hyatt
• “5 Ways to Hold Shorter Meetings” by Michael Hyatt
• “How to Ensure You Never Have a Terrible Meeting” by Michael Hyatt
• Recommendation Briefing Form
• Effective Meeting Blueprint Free Resource!
• The Focused Leader One-Day Intensive

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Feeling overwhelmed? Wow, do we know what that’s like! When you’re caught in that whirlwind of tasks, it feels like you’re downrange at Top Golf! You’re pelted with a new to-do item every few seconds.

It’s even worse when you don’t have a staff. With no one to delegate to, you just fall further and further behind.

But there’s another way!

Though we have a good-sized staff now, it wasn’t always that way. We know what it’s like to work alone or with limited help. And we can tell you that it is possible to delegate even if you don’t have a staff!

The first thing you have to do is change your mindset. Once you begin to see the possibilities, you’ll find nearly endless opportunities to offload work. Believe it or not, even as a line-level staffer or solopreneur, you have options!

Here’s a Peek Inside the Episode

• How to overcome the hurdle of “I need to do it myself.”
• How the Eisenhower Matrix can triage your to-do list.
• Solid definitions of “fake work” and “downhill work.”
• How to use AI to delegate routine tasks to your computer.
• How custom signatures can save you a ton of time on responding to email.
• Tips on negotiating out of previous commitments.
• How to get “volunteer” help from coworkers.
• Solid solutions for on-demand hiring.
• How to get your boss to say yes to more resources.
• Three easy steps to say no gracefully.
• Tips for saying no to your boss on new projects.

Once you’ve listened to the episode, here’s what we hope you’ll do. Just try it. Pick one of these ideas and put it to work in your business. We think you’ll be blown away by the results!

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

• SaneBox email manager
• Spark email and calendar manager
• Magic
• Belay Solutions
• Fancy Hands
• InstaCart
• Recommendation Briefing Form
• “Need Help? Here’s How to Ask for It” Lead to Win episode
• “How to Get Your Boss to Say Yes, Part 1” by Michael Hyatt
• “How to Get Your Boss to Say Yes, Part 2” by Michael Hyatt
• "How to Get Your Boss to Say Yes, Part 3” by Michael Hyatt

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You have an opportunity to go into business with your family. You’re excited, but you’re also concerned. Will it be weird? Will there by power struggles? How will your coworkers see things? How will this affect your personal relationships? 

In this episode, Megan talks with Marissa, her sister and Marketing Director, about how to work with family and preserve your relationships at the same time. They share the dos and don’ts they intentionally follow to provide clarity, maintain boundaries, and ensure a healthy environment both at work and at home. 

In this episode, you’ll discover—

• Why setting clear expectations helps all parties win
• The vital importance of not breaking the chain of command
• The necessity of only wearing one hat at a time 
• How your current relational health is only magnified by working together
• The must-have of good, intentional communication

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You’ve made it to the leadership role you’re in by being an idea person, but you have new responsibilities and can’t be the only one doing that now. You need to scale and develop a team full of idea people. But how do you do that? What can you do to nurture and encourage a culture of good ideas?  

In this episode, Megan and Joel, her husband and Chief Product Officer at Michael Hyatt & Company, share 4 ingredients that will enable you to create a “big idea” culture on your team. They discuss what sets the stage for that, and also what undermines it, so that you can equip your company to scale and change with the marketplace.

In this episode, you’ll discover—

• The critical importance of having no sacred cows
• How to encourage your team to take risks
• Why you should expect and embrace failure as part of experimentation
• The long-term value of investing time, head space, and energy early on

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You are meticulous about preparation. You make all the lists and plan all the details, but sometimes things happen that are outside of your control. It’s disorienting and confusing. What are you supposed to do then? How do you recover and keep going?

In this episode, Megan and Joel, her husband and Chief Product Officer at Michael Hyatt & Company, share the story of a sabbatical that wasn’t quite what they had planned. They offer up the lessons they learned and the importance of choosing what story you put around these experiences so that, when the boulder comes, you can do something with it and continue on.

In this episode, you’ll discover—

• What happens is less significant than the stories you tell yourself about what happens
• How to metabolize unexpected change and continue forward
• Why setting yourself up well leads to better outcomes when the unexpected occurs

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You are leading a team aimed at achieving lofty goals. You want to help them be stronger and healthier together, so you can reach those goals. You’ve heard that fostering personal connection is key, but you don’t want to inadvertently step over the line. How do you know what to say and what not to?

In this episode, Megan talks with Michele Cushatt, Chief Coaching Officer at Michael Hyatt & Company, about showing up with your whole self in leadership, including the story that has made you who you are. Michele will guide you through 4 questions to ask as you determine what and when to share, so you can serve your team well and give them permission to show up with their full selves. Only then will you operate at your full potential to reach the top together.

In this episode, you’ll discover—

• The difference between a wholehearted leader and a compartmentalized leader
• Why self-protecting creates an unsafe environment for your team
• How to discern between compulsion and wisdom
• What it looks like to steward your story well

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You work with a great team. You’re all running hard toward your goals, but lately people seem to be flagging. As a leader, you want to step up to reinvigorate them. But you don’t want it to be empty fluff or surface-level rah-rahs. Are there concrete ways to encourage your team effectively?

In this episode, Megan and Michele Cushatt, Chief Coaching Officer at Michael Hyatt & Company, discuss 5 guidelines for incorporating encouragement into your leadership style. They offer tips for maintaining authenticity and clarity and show you how to build a stronger, more high-performing team as you create an environment of trust.

In this episode, you’ll discover—

• Why encouragement is critical for leadership
• The power of calling out the positive quality in a weakness
• How balancing encouragement with candor creates a culture of confidence
• What it means to personalize the context for maximum benefit

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