This course equips people managers to determine when meetings are necessary, define clear purposes, and design agendas that drive results, using the specific frameworks from the HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter.
Overview
Syllabus
- Unit 1: Rethinking Meeting Necessity
- Applying the Meeting Necessity Decision Tree
- Challenging In Person Meeting Requirements
- Transforming Meeting Culture Through Language
- Unit 2: How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting
- Explaining Why Every Meeting Needs an Agenda
- Designing a Comprehensive Meeting Agenda
- Coaching Agenda Refinements and Estimations
- Unit 3: The Magic of 30-Minute Meetings
- Identifying True Time-Saving Benefits of 30-Minute Meetings
- Winning Buy In For Meeting Duration Changes
- Developing a Meeting Framework Implementation Guide
- Unit 4: Are There Too Many People in Your Meeting?
- Reflecting on Meeting Attendance
- Redesigning Meetings Using the 8-18-1800 Rule
- Navigating Meeting Invitation Pushback