Anatomy of a Meeting
How often do you walk away from a day full of meetings feeling unproductive and uninspired?
It’s time to step up: PREPARE, UNIFY, CLARIFY, INTENSIFY, and UNLEASH your teams. You can run meetings that generate engagement and create a forward-moving agenda.

Meetings don’t just happen. They require preparation.

A sense of unity sets the tone for a more meaningful engagement.

People need to understand the purpose of the meeting, their roles and what you’re hoping to achieve.

Create value, turn up the heat and collaborate – that means everyone.

Good meetings become great when you harness the momentum to catapult forward.
It’s time to step up: PREPARE, UNIFY, CLARIFY, INTENSIFY, and UNLEASH your teams. You can run meetings that generate engagement and create a forward-moving agenda.

Meetings don’t just happen. They require preparation.
- Review the context. Do a situational assessment and determine the who, when, where and how.
- Think about the opportunities and risks.
- Determine objectives and develop KEY MESSAGES.
- Anticipate tough questions and strategize responses.

A sense of unity sets the tone for a more meaningful engagement.
- Rekindle the why – Restate your vision and mission. Point to your North Star.
- Celebrate success by sharing hero stories. Catch team members doing the right things.
- Express your gratitude – Acknowledge the team’s hard work and dedication.

People need to understand the purpose of the meeting, their roles and what you’re hoping to achieve.
- Articulate clear meeting objectives. Are you educating, inspiring, solving problems, or all three?
- Clarify each person’s mission-critical role. If they are not mission-critical, don’t invite them.
- Finish this sentence: “At the end of the meeting, our goal is to …. “

Create value, turn up the heat and collaborate – that means everyone.
- Educate to establish context.
- Promote the sharing of ideas.
- Facilitate problem solving.
- Drive toward consensus and calendarize actions. – ABC (Always Be Closing)

Good meetings become great when you harness the momentum to catapult forward.
- Connect outcomes to vision and mission to illustrate the value of the meeting.
- Clearly articulate go-forward expectations.
- Deliver a strong close. The options are many: call-to-action, heart-felt thanks, pep-talk…