A successful meeting is prepared with five questions: skip them, and you lose everyone.
Planning a meeting? Before you dive in, it's crucial to define what's actually at stake. To do that, answer 5 essential questions.
10 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
You will walk away with
- the 5 essential questions to ask before calling anyone in
- a way of framing concrete objectives and expected outcomes
- criteria for choosing participants and their roles
Target audience
Anyone who leads or takes part in meetings.
Learning objectives
- Identify what's at stake in your meeting through 5 simple questions
- Frame concrete, priority objectives
- Define the expected outcomes of the meeting
- Determine which participants are needed and their respective roles.
Module outline
- Storytelling“The Perfect Meeting (Not Quite...)”2'08Julien thought he had planned the perfect meeting... until one invisible detail ruined the mood
- Expert video“Defining What's at Stake in Your Meeting”2'59An introduction to the 5 essential questions for preparing a meeting: topic, objectives, expected outcomes, participants, and whether the format is even right
- AnchoringA quiz and True/False questions to explore the topic further and anchor what you've learned
- Memo cardA downloadable memo card: the key takeaways from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
