Getting my kids' attention to discuss important family issues can sometimes be challenging; some other times, it feels impossible. If the subject is not appealing, we lose them in seconds. Something similar happens with meetings at work; when people attend to them because they have to, time starts dragging, and we see in their faces they would rather be anywhere else but that meeting. 

Today's episode was inspired by an article from Harvard Business Review that states that executives spend on average 23 hours per week on meetings. Next, we will talk about how to keep people engaged when we are leading a meeting, the reasons why most of them fly far with their minds when they are bored, and what we can do to prevent that from happening. Finally, we will dive deep into healthy conflict in meetings, incentivize participation, and the consequences of mediocre meetings.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• The different types of meetings scenarios (2:01)
• What can we do, as leaders, if we see we are losing people at a meeting we are leading (7:01)
• The similarities between movies and meetings (10:42)
• The best kind of meetings I've participated in (13:38)
• Don't ask people to bear with you; make it enjoyable (21:07)

Resources mentioned:

• Book: Patrick Lencioni - Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business
• Harvard Business Review article - Stop the Meeting Madness

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