Teamwork: Elements of Effective Team Meetings
Team meetings can be an awesome way to get your team coordinated. Or they can be a huge drain on your team’s time and morale.
What are the essential elements of an effective team meeting, if you want to foster great team working?
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This video is part of course module number 4.3.2
Program 4: Managing & Leading Groups
Course 3: Teams
Section 2: Teamwork and Team Working
Other videos in this section include:
Essentials of Working as a Team • Teamwork: Essentials of Working as a Team
Providing for Your Team • Teamwork: Providing for Your Team
Protecting Your Team • Teamwork: Protecting Your Team
Facilitating Effective Team Working • Teamwork: Facilitating Effective Team Working
Your Team's Skills and Expertise • Teamwork: Your Team's Skills and Expertise
Elements of Effective Team Meetings • Teamwork: Elements of Effective Team Meetings
Leading Effective Team Reviews • Teamwork: Leading Effective Team Reviews
Team Celebrations • Teamwork: Team Celebrations
Problem Solving with Your Team • Teamwork: Problem Solving with Your Team
Your Team Working Problems Solved • Teamwork: Your Team Working Problems Solved
LESSON NOTES
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The essential elements of effective team meetings, if you want to foster great teamwork:
• Have an Objective
• Agenda in advance
• Invite the right people
• Good behavior
Start promptly
Resume promptly after breaks
If you need to make or take a call, step out
Only use devices if you are using them for meeting business (like taking notes)
Listen respectfully and avoid talking over other people
Be open and honest
Everyone should participate
Stay on the present topic
• Team meeting vs Team Leader meeting
• Everyone contributes
• Red Herrings and Black Holes
• Summarize and conclude as you go – actions on a board
• Keep it lively
• Follow-up
We have a whole course on meetings:
• Personal Productivity: Work Effectively an...
There are also two specific meeting videos on our sister channel:
1. How to Hold a Daily Stand-up Meeting
• How to Hold a Daily Stand-up Meeting
2. Lessons Learned Meeting: How to Make it Excellent
• Lessons Learned Meeting: How to Make it Ex...
RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
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1. Think through your recent team meetings. How effective were they? What went well and what did not? How do they need to improve? (2 MC CPD Points)
2. Create a plan for making you next team meetings more effective. (2 MC CPD Points)
3. After each of your next few team meetings, review how they went and adjust your plan accordingly. Continue to monitor until you have seen a series of improvements. (2 MC CPD Points)
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RECOMMENDED READING
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team https://geni.us/wbIE
The Wisdom of Teams https://geni.us/7i1AL
The Belbin Guide to Succeeding at Work https://geni.us/Kzc4GV4
Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart https://geni.us/oAgEOdA
Pulling Together: 10 Rules for High-Performance Teamwork https://geni.us/zUVV3G
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Teams https://geni.us/0DLsNe4
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