Meeting Rhythm

Annual strategy meetings are a necessary part of every organisation. And they can be very expensive, with decisions made affecting the organisation for a year or more. Ensuring you maximise the value from these meetings and avoid mistakes to set the company up to win next year and into the future. This week we share seven mistakes we’ve found leaders make at annual strategy meetings, and what you can do to avoid these mistakes. 154 The 7 mistakes leaders make at annual strategy Read More...

154 The 7 mistakes leaders make at annual strategy meetings

We know that a carpenter or a nurse has many tools to use in their profession, but a CEO has only one tool. That one tool is meetings, and is the only mechanism that CEOs can use to get things done. So, if you’re a leader, it’s essential that you master meetings, the only tool that’s at your disposal. We talk about how to become masterful at meetings, how to prepare, how to host and how to run meetings. The CEO has only one tool Episode 114 Read More...

114 The CEO has only one tool

How do you get deep monthly reporting right for your business? If you only skim financial and performance results on a monthly basis, you’re missing an opportunity to course-correct, learn and improve on what you’re doing. Instead, teams should go line-by-line through financial statements, KPIs and Priorities monthly to deep dive into results and look for any trends or problems that may require action. We discuss why it matters and how to do it. Getting deep Read More...

108 Getting deep monthly reporting right for your business

The CEO Update is the missing piece in the meeting rhythm puzzle. It’s the ‘glue’ that aligns the entire business around the meeting rhythm of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual meetings. This is a weekly update from the leader that can be via email or video, and in this episode, we explain why it’s important, and provide a sample agenda, and some examples. The CEO Update Episode 95 – The Growth Whisperers The Growth Read More...

95 The Meeting Rhythm – The CEO Update

The daily huddle connects each day to the weekly meeting. When done correctly the daily huddle speeds up your business, aligns teams and heals relationships. Yet sometimes teams won’t follow daily huddle best practices and they can end up with boring, or useless daily huddles. The daily stand up meeting must be energetic and valuable to all participants. In this episode, Brad and Kevin discuss why you need a daily huddle, what a daily huddle agenda must include, and tips for a Read More...

94 Meeting Rhythm – The Daily Huddle

The weekly meeting is the key to successful execution. The leadership team takes the strategy of a company developed at an annual meeting, which is then translated into a series of priorities at a quarterly meeting, and then the team executes the priorities through the weekly meeting accountability and updates. Many teams feel that they already have too many meetings and that yet another meeting doesn’t make sense. But the weekly meeting – within the meeting rhythm – Read More...

93 Meeting Rhythm – The Weekly meeting

The Monthly Leadership Team meeting provides an opportunity for a leadership team to dig deeper into issues and opportunities, and is a link between the weekly meeting, and the quarterly execution planning meeting. Also the monthly meeting answers the question are we on track for this quarters plan, and what must we do to course correct. In this episode, Brad and Kevin discuss why you need a Monthly Leadership Team meeting, what a monthly meeting agenda must include, and tips for a Read More...

92 Meeting Rhythm – The Monthly Leadership Team meeting

The Quarterly Execution Planning meeting is one of the most important meetings in a quarter because it is where a leadership team decides the priorities for the company and the priorities for each department for the following quarter. The quarterly meeting takes the strategy from the annual meeting and translates it into practical, executable goals for the team to focus on. In this episode, Brad and Kevin discuss why you need a Quarterly Execution Planning meeting, what a quarterly Read More...

91 Meeting Rhythm – The Quarterly Execution Planning meeting

The Annual Strategic Thinking meeting is one of the most important meetings on the calendar, because it is where a leadership team decides the strategy for the company, and sets the goals for the following year, and three years. Also when a leadership team sets a strategy, that strategy should clearly tell people in the business what to say no to throughout the year. In this episode, Brad and Kevin discuss why you need an Annual Strategic Thinking meeting, what an annual meeting agenda Read More...