Poor communication can sink meetings and limit results. Follow a clear framework, understand what makes a meeting effective, and achieve new levels of productivity.
Research indicates that over 50 percent of business meeting time is wasted. This means less results from the meetings themselves and wasted time that could be used in productive work. No wonder employees and managers resent using time at meetings. Billions of dollars are wasted every year as a result of ineffective meetings. Implementing a proven methodology and effective behaviors are the key components for your meetings to produce results.
Meetings that Produce Results uses direct experiences to help participants embrace a new approach to managing meetings. Beginning with the enormously successful XYZ agenda structure, teams learn practical techniques and an organizing framework that ensure successful interactions and eliminate wasted time.
Full of applications and opportunities for feedback, this program illustrates the kind of listening and speech patterns that ensure focused attention and productive disagreement. Participants learn how to plan, execute and debrief meetings so that time is well spent and conversations lead to results.
Currency doesn’t just drive urgency—it also creates the feedback loop to help participants reflect on their performance. Feedback is a crucial part of learning, and currency provides a natural mechanism for participants to understand how well they’re doing and adjust their strategies accordingly. Again, feedback matters because participants move through “learning about” into a performance […]
Currency naturally complements participant-driven design by ensuring learners are at the heart of the experience. When participants are given a form of currency to manage, they are empowered to make choices, strategize, and reflect on the consequences of their actions. This shifts the focus from passive learning to active engagement, where learners have a stake […]
Today I’m excited to explore one of my favorite concepts for instructional designers—currency—and how currency can bring your learning experiences to life. First, let’s take a step back and consider what makes any learning design truly effective: participant-driven learning. Clients want lasting behavior change to improve results. Participant-driven designs cause ownership of the insights so […]
