Breaking Out Of Meeting Gridlock

How to release yourself and your team from meeting burnout

What you'll learn
An indispensable guide to when a meeting is needed - and when it isn't
Five easy and practical ways to reduce meeting load for your whole team
Four powerful alternatives to a meeting which build trust and save time
Ways to turn down a meeting - without ruffling feathers!
A transformation in your team's capacity and energy
Requirements
If you are in meeting burnout, this is the perfect place to start. No skills required, just 40minutes!
Description
If the people you are responsible for are gummed up with meetings and struggling to do their 'real work', this course will help you release them. Restore their capacity and energy with intelligent techniques that work in busy organisations.This introductory e-course addresses the 'Fewer' in FewerFasterBolder, helping you reduce meeting load for you and your team and get out of gridlock.An introductory guide for managers and leaders who want to rebalance meeting time and deep work time for their team or whole organisation. Thirteen bite-size lessons - total of 40mins learning.This course will give you:An indispensable guide to when a meeting is needed - and when it isn'tFive easy and practical ways to reduce meeting load for your whole teamFour powerful alternatives to a meeting which build trust and save timeWays to turn down a meeting - without ruffling feathers!A transformation in your team's capacity and energyPraise for FewerFasterBolder"New ideas are explained simply and in their context. Very engaging and useful." ~PB, Head of function"Different and powerful ways to look at things we take for granted in meetings." ~GK, HR Lead"FewerFasterBolder works! A simple, unique perspective which is a far cry from the list of procedures we are normally given for running meetings." ~CH, Sales

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Let's get your team out of gridlock!

Section 2: To meet or not to meet

Lecture 2 So many meetings - but how many is too many? (3mins 51)

Lecture 3 The real cost of meeting gridlock (2mins 40)

Lecture 4 What you need to understand about meetings (6mins 14)

Lecture 5 Do we need a meeting? A definite guide. (3mins 34)

Section 3: Five practical steps to break out of meeting gridlock

Lecture 6 Make space for deep work (3mins 30)

Lecture 7 The power of duration (2mins 08)

Lecture 8 Meeting stacking and batching (1min 16)

Lecture 9 Redundancy, resilience and the 2+2 invitation rule (3mins 28)

Lecture 10 Leveraging frequency (1min 55)

Section 4: The art of not having meetings

Lecture 11 Brilliantly effective alternatives to a meeting (1min 54)

Lecture 12 How to turn down a meeting - without ruffling any feathers (3min 34)

Section 5: Changing meetings, changing culture

Lecture 13 How to make the leap in practice - taking people along with you (5mins 54)

Team leaders, managers and everyone who is experiencing meeting overload,Business owners and CEOs who want to break their business out of meeting burnout