Meeting Audits

In the last week, how many hours did you spend in meetings? How many of those meetings warranted the time, energy and money for everyone to be there? 

The majority of people I speak with feel like they are in too many unproductive meetings and, more importantly, they don’t know what to do about it. This is an issue because meetings matter. A LOT. When done well, meetings are a vehicle for engagement, motivation, effective communication, and have a profound impact on the company culture. When done poorly, meetings are soul crushing.  

If the souls of you and your team are teetering, a meeting audit may bring you back from the edge.

Audits assess how leaders and teams participate in meetings and what they can do better to maximize the time, energy and contribution of everyone involved.  

A basic audit includes:

• A meeting observation either on video or in person

• (Anonymous) participant input about their experience in the meeting

• An assessment of what’s working and recommendations for what could work better

• 1:1 and/or team coaching and support to make it happen

Outcomes:

• Tighter, shorter, more impactful meetings

• Meaningful participation and engagement

• Leadership presence that creates collaborative energy (through everyone)

• Goal alignment and accountability

Meetings—the thing we do all the time—have the potential to build a baseline for your team to operate at its highest level. But not if you all don’t bring it.

Let’s audit.