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Tired of ineffective meetings?

Holly G. Green the architect of pause™

& thinking to thrive expert



Broken meetings are bad for business

They waste time, kill employee engagement, & get in the way of what your organization needs to do to win.

Following are some quick tips for conducting more action-oriented, productive meetings.



Use success visioning to get clear on what it looks like when you win!

yourself & others on the desired outcome first


Start your meetings by asking: • When we have had a successful meeting,

what decisions will we have made? • How will we have most effectively made

those decisions? • How will we have gotten all the input we

needed? • Whose input will have been most critical/

important? • How will we have exposed any assumptions

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Stop jumping to solutions

Take the time to consider alternatives

Challenge your assumptions by asking, “What underlying attitudes, beliefs or thought bubbles are causing us to see this as the best or only solution?”


Solicit alternative viewpoints. “It sounds like we’re all in agreement on the solution here. I’m wondering if anyone sees it differently.”


Ask “What if…?” questions. “What if our ‘right’ answer is wrong? …we looked at it from the customer’s perspective; how would they address this?



Ask, “What is the second right answer?”


Confirm decisions & next steps

Follow up & share all decisions & actions to be taken


Slow down enough in meetings to get it right.

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