213: How to Hold an Effective Team Meeting as a Big Thinker

Are meetings you frequent too frequent, too long, or too time-wasting? If you’ve walked away from meetings often feeling like nothing of note was accomplished, there are things you can do as a big-thinking CEO to ensure you’ll have better, more effective team meetings where stuff gets done.

In this episode of She Thinks Big, you’ll learn clear strategies for how to run shorter and smarter meetings while still making them meaningful and impactful. I’ll also reveal why big thinkers suck at having short meetings and cover key considerations when it comes to meeting basics, whether they’re one-on-one or involve the whole team.

What’s Covered in This Episode on Effective Team Meetings

5:03 - Why you struggle with meetings in general

6:39 - Key considerations for the foundational pieces of your meetings

11:38 - Strategies for shorter meetings where you work smarter, not harder

16:03 - How two clients got immediate results after implementing some of these strategies

17:07 - Your challenge for the week: how to audit your current meetings

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Quotes from the Episode

“Team meetings should focus on what impacts the entire team and requires group discussion or decision-making.” - Andrea Liebross

“Avoid turning meetings into status reports. They become boring, feeling like they’re a waste of time.” - Andrea Liebross

“People feel like meetings are a waste of time because no one walks away knowing what to do.” - Andrea Liebross

Links to other episodes

148: Making Meeting With Yourself Even Better With the Help of Others

127: How to Create a Vision for the Future of Your Life and Business

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