This Meeting Sucks

When someone ducks their head in, do you wish you could hide under your desk? In this episode, we give you healthy options for responding to unexpected conversations and change, and tips to help you have a productive conversation and get back to work. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. EPISODE RESOURCES: What Happens to Your Body During the Fight-or-Flight Response? (article) Self-Affirma...

Tired from standing around in your morning standup? If your daily tag-ups are running long, it’s time to get essential. In this episode, we’ll give you ways to start your stand-up strong and prompts to keep the conversation quick and productive. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. Support the show 📬 Get our updates https://makemeetings.work/podcast/#updates 🔗 Follow Us on LinkedIn https:...

Weekly meetings are meant to kick off the week with momentum. If you’re going in without a plan or fighting to keep your team on task, it’s time to make a change. In this episode, we’ll walk you through what might not be working and give you an agenda template you can use right away. ⭐️ Download our free weekly meeting agenda template ⭐️ 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. Support the sh...

Established meeting rhythms are the best-kept secret to high-performing teams… until now. Meeting rhythms help teams work more effectively. In this episode, we review a process you can use to establish new meeting rhythms or revise existing rhythms with your team. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. EPISODE RESOURCES: Season 1 Playbook: Just-in-Time Meeting Skills 5 Simple Visual Planning...

Sometimes it’s easiest to send a quick text or email, but that puts us at risk of being misunderstood and misinterpreted. In this episode, we’ll discuss factors to consider when choosing how to communicate with a co-worker or team and provide a short quiz you can use to find a good option each time. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. EPISODE RESOURCES: Daniel Goleman: Why aren’t we more c...

Welcome to Season 2, MeetingMakers! This season is for the managers out there who want their teams to meet more efficiently, not longer. This episode gives you an overview of the season and the skills you'll learn to improve your work life. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. EPISODE RESOURCES: Barry Oshry's Seeing Systems (book*) Season 1 Playbook: Just-in-Time Meeting Skills (e...

You’ve done the prep, you’ve gone through your agenda; now, all that’s left is to wrap things up in a bow. In this last episode of This Meeting Suck season one, we’ll walk you through closing the conversation, recapping next steps and sending participants on their way. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. Support the show 📬 Get our updates https://makemeetings.work/podcast/#updates 🔗 Foll...

No matter how detailed your outline is or how much you prepped, you can never guarantee your meeting will go exactly as planned. This episode includes tips for navigating conflict, managing time and ensuring inclusion during your meeting. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. EPISODE RESOURCES: Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff’s Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There (book) Questions Library...

Kicking off the meeting and each activity is critical for un-sucky meetings. This episode will give you tips and reminders for each, with a bonus focus on open-ended questions. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. EPISODE RESOURCES: Questions Library (free PDF) Support the show 📬 Get our updates https://makemeetings.work/podcast/#updates 🔗 Follow Us on LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/compan...

If you’ve been following along this season, you probably have a great meeting planned. But before you kick off your meeting, there are some important final preparations you should take to ensure your meeting runs smoothly. It’s time to connect with co-planners, collect your materials, communicate with participants and more. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. EPISODE RESOURCES: Introductio...

No plan for your meeting? Participants resisting your agenda at every turn? Open Space is your friend. Open Space Technology is a meeting method that ensures that topics that the participants care about the most are covered. In this episode, learn how to use Open Space to collaboratively plan your agenda with participants. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. EPISODE RESOURCES: Open Space T...

If you’ve been following along with the season so far, then you’ve made in through prepping your meeting and developing an agenda outline. Now it’s time to create a facilitation guide: a detailed version of your agenda with talking points, reflection questions, tech host instructions and more. We’ll also cover the importance of additions like affinity clustering and breakouts for ensuring a smooth...

You’ve decided to meet and you’ve prepped for your meeting. It’s time to outline your meeting. In this episode, we’ll take you through all the steps of creating your outline including choosing a medium, establishing outcomes, creating flow, timing and energy shifts, and how to open and close the meeting. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. EPISODE RESOURCES: Using Online Whiteboards in Mee...

Successful meetings have a design. If you’re just showing up and meeting and wondering why it’s not working, it’s because no one is taking time to plan out your meetings beforehand. By the end of this episode, you’ll know who needs to be a part of planning, why you are meeting and the 10 questions you need to answer to start your outline.   👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. Support the s...

No, your meeting could not have been an email. There's a reason that meeting is on your calendar and there are changes that can make meetings suck less and even worthwhile. In this episode, we’ll discuss all the reasons why we meet and the 1-out-of-100 scenario when it makes sense not to. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. Support the show 📬 Get our updates https://makemeetings.work...

This episode breaks down the first season—just-in-time meeting tools—aimed to help you plan an inclusive, engaging and purposeful meeting.  Listen to find out what to expect from this season and get ready to make your meetings work. 👉 Grab the visual summary of this episode. Support the show 📬 Get our updates https://makemeetings.work/podcast/#updates 🔗 Follow Us on LinkedIn https://linkedin.co...

Welcome to This Meeting Sucks, the podcast providing tangible tools to “un-suck” your meetings. In this episode, host Lauren Green tells you the secret skill missing from your most boring meetings (spoiler alert: it’s facilitation). We’ll tell you what to expect from this podcast and how to be the first to know when a new episode drops. If you like the podcast, don’t forget to follow, rate and rev...