Ever felt like your time was wasted at a meeting? (Even the ones you are facilitating?!)

Ask these 3 questions before your next meeting ➡

Paris, the city of light

1️⃣  Do you need to meet at all?

2️⃣  What do you want to accomplish?

3️⃣  Who needs to do what by when? (The 3 Great “W’s”: Who, What, When)

Know these answers and you’ll lead meetings that engage your teams.

Other considerations

Meetings vary from brainstorming sessions to daily huddles to project planning to monthly board reports and beyond. That said, all effective meetings share these attributes:

• Begin & end on time
• Have an agenda
• Know your audience (see last week’s blog on What’s the stealth bomb that can ruin your presentation (or even a conversation)? )
• Have a call to action
• Follow up as needed

Arc de Triomphe

Think about a trip to Paris

Would you spend your hard earned discretionary time and money on a trip to Paris without a plane ticket, hotel reservation or any itinerary?

Even if you’re the spontaneous traveler, having some pre-planned ideas will guarantee more trip enjoyment!

For your trip to Paris, you’ll probably answer the above 3 questions:

I loved the Louvre

1️⃣  Do you need/want to go to Paris?

2️⃣  What do you want to do/accomplish in Paris?

3️⃣  Who (you or a travel agent) will do what (figure out trip details) by when (date of travel)?

Have meetings that work and have fun on your travels.

PS: Thank you to one of my Mastery 1:1 Clients, Marco Campa, for being the idea for this blog when he asked for us to discuss, “How to conduct better meetings”.

photo credits: My vacay snapshots. We had a blast on this well-planned trip!