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Stop the Boredom

If you dread your team meetings or trainings, your team members likely do too.  As a coach, I’ve observed some really great team meetings and … some really horrible ones.  Here are some lifesaving tips to keep your meetings from experiencing what I call epic boredom and fatal disengagement.  If you incorporate these adult learning principles, you will eliminate people …

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Whose agenda is it, anyway?

I just taught my 57th Transformational Trainers Workshop and for most of them, the attendees have been independent trainers, consultants, workshop leaders, and speakers who wanted to get more engagement, buy-in, and interaction with their trainees. But in the last few years, we’ve noticed a trend. More and more, our attendees are comprised of small business/practice owners, managers, and team …

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Transform Your Meetings With Questions

A few years ago, I observed the most “by-the-book”, point-perfect morning meeting in a client office I had ever seen in all my years of consulting. Everyone was there on time with big smiles, bright “Good Morning’s!” and upbeat attitudes all around. Every patient chart had been reviewed the day before using the chart checklist I had given them. They …