Twelve delicious ways to start your weekly meeting

Start your weekly meeting in a delicious way: 



Well begun is half done

When you are the meeting leader, you probably think that it is you who has to speak most of the time. You shouldn't. Instead, you must be listening and asking questions most of the time. It is popularly said that he who talks a lot dominates. But he who asks a lot rules.

The danger, of course, is that your participants will say most things and decide everything. Nah no. It is not like that. Are you giving up your power? No, neither. You just have to keep calm. You manage abundantly. Now you have to involve. And here are 12 involvement tips.

It is for certain that when the meeting is boring, no one hears anything, learns nothing, gets smarter about anything. They all sit and sleep inside. They sleep with their eyes open. Their thoughts are elsewhere. They are not in your conference room. Therefore, try one or more of these tips:

1. Ask your participants to note the topic or issues that, in their opinion, are the most crucial today. Ask them to work together in pairs so that the topics will be really good.

2. Start with an opening question that requires your participants to vote by raising an arm or standing up.

3. Ask your participants to guess omitted facts (in your explanations, on your handout or slides). You show a number or a word or a drawing and ask: What is this and why am I showing you this? Acknowledge all answers you hear. Ask the whole question again until the correct answer appears.

4. Conduct a 'Who comes closest?': Ask everyone to guess the number. Write the number on a flip. Add the numbers together. Divide by the number of participants and see if the average guess doesn't come pretty close. It's called 'Wisdom of the crowd'. 'Who comes closest?' is the number relative to the best individual guess? Give a prize to her or him who came closest. Choose a prize that is something you hold dear.

5. Present your topic based on the SPAF model: Describe the situation. Explain what the problem is. List the alternatives. Bring your suggestions. Involve your participants by asking for their Suggestions instead of you bringing yours.

6. Start with a quiz or a test. Let your participants solve the test individually or in pairs. Make sure they talk about the Q&A afterwards. Try questions like: 'What goes into great customer service?' Which ingredients are the most important in good collaboration?' 'What is a good leader?' 'What is included in a fun day at work?'

7. Involve your participants physically. Ask them to stand up, raise their arms, clap, stomp, etc. Remember to give a reason for these discharges. When you carry out an exercise - regardless of whether it is mental or physical - it is always necessary to explain why. Ask your employees: What are we practicing here? Why should you practice it?

8. Lay out a 6 meter long rope on the meeting floor. Explain that the rope is a measuring stick and that you will now ask everyone to step on the rope. One end of the rope means A. The other end of the rope means B. Between A and B there are all the nuances. Then you present your question. For example 'How well does our collaboration with the other departments in our company work? If they place themselves at the A end, they believe that the collaboration is working perfectly. If they place themselves at the B end, they believe that the collaboration works badly and should be improved. When everyone has taken a position with one foot somewhere on the rope, ask everyone to talk to the person next to them. Ask them to explain their position and try to outline solutions. When everyone has spoken thoroughly, ask everyone to move 1 meter towards the A end and ask: What adjustments, improvements or changes have we made?

9. Use images of products, customers or employees and let them run as a slideshow while you present your case: Product knowledge. Customer relations. Colleagueship.

10. Use dialogue cards (find the world's best selection of dialogue tools at LEADERSwarehouse.COM. There are countless ways to use dialogue tools. Find ways and methods there too.

11. Demonstrate a product, an opportunity, a process. Make sure to involve your participants. Give each employee a task for your next weekly meeting: Tell us all about product X and also tell us who benefits from the product and in what way. Tell us all about a customer and also tell us what he buys from us and what he uses it for.

12. Carry out a round-table, where the first 'teller' passes the word on to a new one of their choice. Or do a round-table like a quiz, where you take turns asking each other questions. What is the status of X? How far have you come with Y? How many answered Z?

Have a great meeting!



Michael Meinhardt
LEADERSwarehouse.com 
☎ +45 71 92 55 63 ✉ info@LEADERSwarehouse.com

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