Inviting the Right People to Your Meetings

Teamwork & CooperationEfficiency & Time ManagementAll employees≈ 15 min

Key skill: Meeting facilitation

Summary

Too many participants hurts a meeting's effectiveness. This course teaches you to filter every invitation against four criteria — headcount, motivation, skill, and the value of a sponsor — so you only invite those who truly add value.

Target audience

Anyone who facilitates or takes part in meetings

Learning objectives

Select the optimal number of participants for a meeting based on its type
Identify the people who are concerned by — and motivated for — the topic at hand
Avoid inviting people who are only half-concerned: involve them another way
Assess the talents — and therefore the people — needed for the meeting to succeed

Module outline

ArticlesThe different types of meetings and their participants
Expert videoThe criteria for selecting participants: optimal number, motivation, skill, and the sponsor's role
AnchoringA quiz and true/false questions to deepen the topic and anchor what you've learned
Memo cardA downloadable coaching memo card: the key takeaways from the expert video
CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment

Models & methods

The headcount, motivation, skill, and sponsor filters; the two-pizza rule.

Research-based

Google's rule capping meetings at 10 people; Amazon's two-pizza rule capping participants at 8.