Holding Effective Team Meetings

Welcome back to Leader’s Mindset for Women in Business. Today we talk about how to have effective company team meetings, giving proper feedback, and holding accountability. Let’s jump right in.

Holding Effective Company Team Meetings
Regular team meetings are very important in any company. They are the best platform for discussing wins and challenges. They are a place where connection takes place between team members. Everyone on the team can get together to solve problems, get on the same page regarding any project, and discuss how to move the business forward. 

Having effective and productive company meetings that produce results is a skill that every leader must learn. It is also a skill that improves with practice. Here are a few ways a leader can prepare for the most effective team meetings.

1. Knowing the outcome of your meeting ahead of time is very important as this will dictate the nature of the meetings. Having an agenda, expectations, and objectives is a must in order to have an effective meeting that structures around a planned framework. This also keeps the meetings organized and to the point.
2. Setting the tone for a positive conversation is also very important to the start of any meeting. Celebrating successes is a sure way to start off on a positive note and to keep that energy throughout the entire time of the meeting.”
3. Know the difference between facilitating vs. presenting. When you facilitate your meetings, you are engaging your audience and getting others to participate in the conversation rather than you presenting information from top down to the team. Facilitating is also more effective due to the buy-in that you get from the team since many of the ideas that might get implemented will come straight from the team itself. Through facilitation, you promote healthy and productive problem solving among the team members.

​Giving Proper Feedback and Accountability
Employees need a great culture of growth and accountability in order to feel happy at work and to have all their emotional needs met at work. As a leader, ensure that you set clear expectations in their roles and follow up with them in order to coach them on what they did well and where improvement is required. 
Don’t let small issues fester. Always let your team members know what is working well and what can be improved in any situation in a timely manner. When providing feedback, follow these three steps:

1. Connect with your employees with empathetic listening and understanding. 
2. Give praise on a behavior that they are already doing well.
3. State the behavior that you have noticed that they need to improve on.

Be careful not to use any language that indicates blame as it’s the fastest poison to your workplace culture and puts your employees on defense. Reflect back and recap on the conversation so that they feel heard. Have them recap the next steps from the conversation as well to work on beyond the conversation.
Clear communication is the secret to the best workplace culture and the best relationships at work. As long as your team members have all of the resources they need from you and are getting their work done in a timely manner, your company will thrive.

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