358R: How to Lead Meetings That Get Results, with Mamie Kanfer Stewart

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

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🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This is a re-airing of episode 358. New episodes return on Monday, August 14th.
Mamie Kanfer Stewart: The Modern Manager
Mamie Kanfer Stewart is a managerial excellence expert, executive coach, author of Momentum: Creating Effective Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings*, and host of The Modern Manager podcast. She loves helping managers apply the best thinking on human behavior and flourishing in how they lead themselves and their teams.
Key Points

There are six reasons to have meetings: connect, align, decide, ideate/brainstorm, plan, and/or produce.
Set an outcome for the meeting and structure the agenda accordingly.
Approach other leaders for clarity when the purpose of the meeting is not apparent.
Consider the impact of unnecessary participants in meetings and decide in advance who needs to be consulted, informed, and engaged.
Maximize all attendees time by providing clear meeting invitations and concise instructions on pre-work or pre-reading to be completed.

Resources Mentioned

Momentum: Creating Effective Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings* by Mamie Kanfer Stewart and Tai Tsao
The Modern Manager podcast

Related Episodes

How to Lead an Offsite, with Tom Henschel (episode 377)
How to Create Meaningful Gatherings, with Priya Parker (episode 395)
Moving Towards Meetings of Significance, with Seth Godin (episode 632)

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0:00.0	A brand new episode of the podcast is returning this coming Monday, August 14th.
0:05.7	In the meantime, I've been re-airing three past episodes on this theme.
0:10.9	The ones I keep coming back to, the episodes that I'm continually recommending to Academy
0:16.2	members, the ones that come up in emails I receive from listeners, and this one absolutely
0:21.1	is part of that group, but originally aired as episode 358, how to lead meetings that
0:27.1	get results.
0:28.1	Mimi Canter Stewart was my guest on this episode.
0:31.3	She is the host of the Modern Manager podcast has written a book on meetings, and in this
0:37.6	conversation provides a framework for us to think about what we're actually doing with
0:43.2	meetings.
0:44.2	Why do we have them?
0:45.6	Who do we invite?
0:46.9	How do we think about good agendas and so many of the fundamental elements of having effective
0:53.3	meetings?
0:54.3	We had Seth Godin on the podcast not that long ago talking about having meetings of significance.
1:00.0	This is the how-to, a conversation on where to begin, and how to move forward.
1:05.6	I hope you enjoy this re-airing of Coaching for Leaders, episode 358.
1:11.9	Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.
1:21.0	Greetings to you from Orange County, California.
1:23.7	This is Coaching for Leaders, and I'm your host, Dave Stahoviac.
1:28.4	Leaders aren't born, they're made, and this weekly show gives you access to the practical
1:33.2	system that will empower you to become a better leader.
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