2. 1. Who will moderate the meeting?
2. How will the moderator prepare the agenda?
3. Who needs to participate in the meeting?
4. When and where will the meeting be?
5. How will the moderator start the meeting?
6. How will the moderator moderate idea sharing?
7. How will meeting participants stop meetings that don’t work?
8. How will the moderator moderate decision making?
9. How will the moderator finish the meeting?
10. How will the moderator follow up on the meeting?
5. A manager is intellectually so challenged, that
he/she is not capable of managing the process.
http://news.nzzexecutive.ch/arbeitsmarkt/uebersicht/tv_sprecher_sind_eigentlich_keine_moderatoren_1.8140678.html
6. 3 questions when searching for a meeting facilitator:
1. Who has little at stake in terms of meeting outcomes and therefore
can focus on managing the conversation rather than adding content?
2. Who is good at involving people that have different values?
3. Who could learn a lot by facilitating the meeting?
Adapted from
https://hbr.org/2016/12/just-because-youre-in-charge-doesnt-mean-you-should-run-every-meeting
14. Keep the duration of the meeting as
short and unconventional as possible.
Example: 23 minutes.
Adapted from
Pittampalli, Al: Read this before our next meeting, location 294.
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/strategy/strategic_decisions_when_can_you_trust_your_gut
17. Stand-up meetings help keep meetings short.
http://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/31505/in-praise-of-stand-up-meetings
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/207490
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/work/15-secrets-running-meetings-like-the-worlds-top-innovative-companies.html
18. When everyone sits down in meetings, it helps meeting
participants become equal to one another, as they have
the same height.
https://hbr.org/2016/05/stand-up-meetings-dont-work-for-everybody
19. Jeff Bezos brought an empty chair into meetings
to encourage meeting participants to think about
the customer.
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/leadership-lessons-from-jeff-bezos
26. Question # 7
How will meeting participants
stop meetings that don’t work?
27. People, who work for Lenovo,
stop meetings that are wandering.
http://www.inc.com/chuck-blakeman/great-companies-are-making-all-meetings-optional.html
29. If someone talks a lot, ask, “can you please keep
your comments to a minimum to allow others to
be heard?”
https://hbr.org/2013/12/the-seven-imperatives-to-keeping-meetings-on-track/
30. Any meeting participant, who finds that a meeting is going
off course regarding topic and/or how communication is
done, can say ”I think we are having a jellyfish moment”.
This means that the moderator must moderate the
meeting better.
https://hbr.org/2016/04/the-right-way-to-cut-people-off-in-meetings
33. The facilitator summarises what he / she has
heard to secure agreement. And concludes:
“So what I am hearing is that ....... Am I right that
you agree with this?”
http://fac-vid.squarespace.com/bedre-moeder/Ravn%20-%20Bedre%20mder%20gennem%20facilitering.pdf p. 9.
https://hbr.org/2016/02/before-a-meeting-tell-your-team-that-silence-means-agreement
http://unlessiheardifferently.com/
36. A majority vote allows every voice to be
heard and is generally viewed as fair.
https://hbr.org/2015/03/a-checklist-for-planning-your-next-big-meeting
37. Be aware that it may be difficult for some
people to declare their opinion publicly.
https://hbr.org/2015/03/a-checklist-for-planning-your-next-big-meeting
41. Leader’s choice is usually the fastest approach,
so it is the most appropriate in a crisis.
https://hbr.org/2015/03/a-checklist-for-planning-your-next-big-meeting
42. George, I’d like to hear your opinion as
manager: What do you think we should
do? Please be concrete.
47. Write and distribute a 1 page meeting summary
within 24 hours with information about who has
chosen to do what.
https://hbr.org/2015/11/two-things-to-do-after-every-meeting
48. Follow up with people to find out what additional
skills / competencies people need to do what
they have said they will do.
https://hbr.org/2015/11/two-things-to-do-after-every-meeting