Latest Effectivemeetings Podcast Episodes
MLP 066: 4 Spatial Questions To Answer Before You Book A Meeting Room
Meeting Leadership Podcast - September 04, 2019 07:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt is human nature to become more attentive, more productive when we have a good amount of space. For that reason, it’s a mistake to overlook the spatial questions when you approach a meeting room. As a meeting facilitator, the 4 questions presented in MLP 066 should be a part of planning. ...
MLP 065: How Leaders Can Improve Intercultural Competence In Their Organization with Dan Garcia
Meeting Leadership Podcast - September 03, 2019 07:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIntercultural competence is a set of skills that leaders can use to ensure appropriate and effective interaction with people of other cultures. We covered why intercultural competence is important back in episode #039. In that episode was professional competence expert Dan Garcia, who returns...
MLP 064: How To Deal With Conflict In A Team Meeting
Meeting Leadership Podcast - September 02, 2019 07:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDisagreements in meetings are inevitable, yet many are a necessary part of progress. Sometimes a healthy back-and-forth turns into the kind of bickering that is a distraction. When this happens, an effective meeting leader knows how to step in and get everyone back on course. In episode 64 ...
MLP 063: 5 Reasons Why Post Meeting Follow Up Is Essential
Meeting Leadership Podcast - September 01, 2019 07:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsMissed post meeting follow-ups are each missed opportunities to strengthen your business. In fact, following up can be considered the third part of any meeting, where planning and execution are the first two. In episode #063 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast, we talk about why post meeting ...
MLP 062: How To Inspire Others As A Leader In Meetings
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 31, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsInspiration comes in many different forms, and from many sources. It can be difficult to find inspiration at work, where the daily grind can sometimes wear at our motivation until it's all but spent. Part of our job as leaders is keep morale as high as possible so employees are motivated to d...
MLP 061: How Leaders Can Remain Calm During Heated Meetings with Kathy Archer
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 30, 2019 07:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsStaying calm under pressure is a vital skill for business leaders looking to have effective interactions with their employees. As workforces are often a mixture of different strengths and approaches, opposing views are bound to happen in the meeting rooms. While some tension can lead to breakt...
MLP 060: How To Prevent Employee Burnout By Sending People To Fewer Meetings
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 29, 2019 07:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEmployee burnout is usually the result of prolonged stress in the workplace. Stress can come from many different places at work, but it usually comes down to “too much to do, not enough time.” Meetings are a necessary part of our lives in any organization, but we should always be aware of how ...
MLP 059 9 People Questions To Answer Before You Book A Meeting Room
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 28, 2019 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOne of the main purposes of our meetings is to connect people in ways that are the most productive. In episode #059 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast, we ask the 9 questions about the people in your meeting room that can affect how well they connect. The focus of the questions is which actions...
MLP 058 How To Be A Good Facilitator - Part 3
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 27, 2019 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe follow-up to our meeting directives are just as important as the planning and execution, and overlooking this step could undermine your best efforts down the road. Now that we have covered what you should do before and during a meeting, we'll conclude our three-part training on becoming a ...
MLP 057 How Leaders Can Run Effective Meetings In Canada vs. Other Countries
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 26, 2019 05:15 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe same gestures that are expected in one culture could be seen as offensive in others. Understanding the nuances of our cultural differences is an imperative for any leader seeking to expand beyond a local shop, or even those who just want to instill real diversity in their ranks. Since meet...
MLP 056 How Leaders Can Go Beyond SMART Goals with Martin Parnell
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 25, 2019 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSMART goals are those which follow the rules of the acronym; that is, they are (S)pecific, (M)easurable, (A)chievable/attainable, (R)elevant, and (T)ime-bound. The system is very useful in simplifying goal-setting into a more exact science, and stops us from the type of fanciful thinking that...
MLP 055: Why You Should Treat Everyone In Your Next Meeting Like Your Best Customer
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 24, 2019 07:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCustomer treatment should be the true north of any front-facing business. Since the goal of these companies is to appeal to customers, it makes sense that customer treatment should remain in focus. Your meetings should reflect these ideals, both in how you address your employees and how they a...
MLP 054 The Pros and Cons of Corporate Retreats For Your Staff
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 23, 2019 07:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCorporate retreats, really destination meetings, are one of the go-to events for higher-ups looking to build team chemistry and boost morale quickly. The positives are certainly there, but they are not without challenges. In episode #054 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast, we'll qualify the pro...
MLP 053 3 Highly Recommended Books For Conducting Effective Meetings
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 22, 2019 07:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAt Meeting Leadership, Inc., we always encourage continued learning to stay sharp and adaptive to the inevitable changes that occur in every industry. Meetings are no exception. Practices you’ve picked through these episodes are made to scale with growth, but changing dynamics within compani...
MLP 052 13 Practical Questions To Answer Before You Book A Meeting Room
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 21, 2019 07:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPreparation is an imperative for meeting leaders who want to get the absolute most out of every discussion. A well-planned agenda is a necessary tool to stay the course in any meeting, and it's a basic understanding among leaders to focus on making sure the schedule flows along to cover all po...
MLP 051 How To Be A Good Facilitator - Part 2
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 20, 2019 07:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPart one of this series covered what you should do before a meeting. In episode #051, we move to part 2, which covers what you should do during a meeting to become the best facilitator possible. Actions taken before and after a meeting tend to be less complex, since these steps are generally c...
MLP 050 How To Control Your Emotions In A Meeting with Kathy Archer
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 19, 2019 07:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsControlling your emotions in any professional capacity is a useful skill; controlling them during meetings is vital to becoming an effective leader. Most of us hear that we need to control our emotions at work and think “obviously, but easier said than done”. For listeners who want more tangib...
MLP 049: Why You Need To Blow Up Your Volunteer Meeting Agenda with Brent Collingwood
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 18, 2019 07:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsBad volunteer meetings can really slow an organization down. But what can you do about it? In episode #049 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast you’ll get some immediate answers to this question because you’ll be learning from guest Consulting Expert, Brent Collingwood. In this episode you’ll ...
MLP 048: How To Select The Right People For A Team Meeting
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 17, 2019 07:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWell-planned exercises, thorough agendas, or inspirational speeches matter most when the right people are in the room to absorb them. Like many of the common mistakes we've tried to eliminate throughout this podcast, selecting the wrong people for a meeting is a double-edged sword. One one han...
MLP 047: How Being Intentional With Your Time Helps Make You A Better Leader with Ashley Janssen
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 16, 2019 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn business, efficiency is one of the deciding factors that separates one competitor from another. Decision makers must choose between the urgent goals and those that can be shelved almost daily. Each moment spent planning or discussing directives is a moment that could be spent completing the...
MLP 046 Having A Title Doesn’t Mean You Know How To Run A Meeting
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 15, 2019 07:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTitles are imperative for establishing chain-of-command, but they don't have as much effect on your ability to run meetings. MLP 046 is an examination of that statement, where I share my personal experiences about the pitfalls of leveraging your title to manage a meeting instead of focusing o...
MLP 045: What Leaders Need To Know To Start a Privacy Program with Jean L. Eaton
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 14, 2019 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsManaging privacy issues is a critical issue that all leaders must deal with. But do you even know where to start? Well have no fear because in episode #045 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast you’re going to find out what leaders need to know to start a privacy program. In MLP #045 you’ll lear...
MLP 044: How To Be A Good Facilitator - Part 1
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 13, 2019 07:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA 'facilitator', by definition, is a person who makes any action or process easier. As a meeting facilitator, one preliminary task is to minimize the obstacles that could derail the meeting's purpose, making it easier for attendees to absorb the material being covered. In part one of our three...
MLP 043: Why Goal Setting Is Critical For All Leaders with Martin Parnell
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 12, 2019 07:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe ability to set and achieve goals is one of the purest ways to quantify success and failure according to expectations. Business leaders face the challenges around goal-setting on a larger scale, with more moving parts than the individual, and with more chances for goals to fail if they are ...
MLP 042: Why Effective Meetings Start With You
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 11, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsLeaders take the blame, and leaders reap the glory. This is an oversimplified sports analogy, but it applies to meetings the same way it can apply to any organization with a hierarchy. As meeting leaders, we can't always control their surroundings or make other adults comply with directives, b...
MLP 041: Why All Types Of Meetings Need To Connect To Strategy
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 10, 2019 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEven the best strategies can be rendered useless if they aren't clear to your employees. One of the main reasons we attend meetings is to make sure everyone understands how their objectives will impact the organization's overall vision. This idea applies to companies in a sense of how to stay ...
MLP 040: Why Intercultural Competence Is Critical For All Leaders with Dan Garcia - Part 2
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 09, 2019 07:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWith a measured approach and a bit of consistency, you can create the type of environment where all cultures can thrive. In, MLP #040 we welcome back industry expert Dan Garcia for two of our two-part series on intercultural competence. The first part (https://meetingleadershipinc.com/39) int...
MLP 039: Why Intercultural Competence Is Critical For All Leaders with Dan Garcia - Part 1
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 08, 2019 07:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIntercultural competence is a vital cog in the wheel of global expansion. Business leaders who hope to surpass local limitations will encounter different cultures at some point, as will many who operate exclusively in one area. Examining the differences and commonalities between cultures withi...
MLP 038: How To Make A Great First Impression In A Meeting
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 07, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe ability to make a good first impression is not just an important skill in business, it can improve the way you are perceived in all walks of life. In episode #038 of the Meeting Leadership Podcast, we give some insight on how to walk through every door with confidence. The podcast contai...
MLP 037: Why Being On Time Is Critical And What Leaders Can Do About It
Meeting Leadership Podcast - August 06, 2019 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsLate arrivals at meetings do more than just interrupt presentations or cause others to wait for their arrival. If you've followed the concepts introduced in episodes 020 and 034 of our Meeting Leadership Podcast--which explain the costs of each meeting and the annual costs--you have an idea how ...
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