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No matter your skill at leading meetings, there are some occasions when hiring a facilitator is in your best interest. This episode goes over considerations to help you recognize when it’s time to bring in a third-party facilitator and gives you a guide of questions to consider when searching for the right person to lead your meeting.

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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions (book)
Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (book)
Decision Traps: The Ten Barriers to Decision-Making and How to Overcome Them (book)
MAFN Find-A-Facilitator (database)

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Written by Lauren Green and produced by Caitlin Murray.

Organization leaders and meeting sponsors carry a large influence on the meetings they attend, and how they show up can affect the group as a whole and the success of a session. This episode provides guidance for what leaders should be doing before, during, and after a meeting to help achieve outcomes and harness the wisdom of their team.

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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Season 1: Just-in-Time Meeting Skills (podcast)
MeetingMakers Academy (webpage)
S1E4: Outline Your Meeting (podcast episode)
S2E9: Make It a Meeting, Not a Lecture (podcast episode)
S3E5: Help Your Meetings Work I—Verbal Tools (podcast episode)
Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg PhD (*book)

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Written by Lauren Green and produced by Caitlin Murray.

You don’t need a three-day offsite in the woods to improve your team’s performance. It's much easier (and more effective) to bake debrief meetings into your team meeting rhythms so you can learn and grow from setbacks and successes. This episode covers an easy process you can use to start building a learning team.

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EPISODE SOURCES:
What Is OD And The Action Research Model (ARM)? (article)
Frederick Taylor and Scientific Management (article) 

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Written by Lauren Green and produced by Caitlin Murray.

Most presentations are boring and unmemorable, but there are techniques you can pull from meeting facilitation to make your presentations more engaging and effective. In this episode, we dive into tips for planning your presentation, telling a story, engaging your audience and utilizing visuals.

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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Lead with a Story by Paul Smith (book*)
Dancing With Markers (website)
Introduction to Facilitating with Visuals Part 1 (online course)
Introduction to Facilitating with Visuals Part 2 (online course)
8 Models Every Facilitator Should Be Able to Draw Live (blog)
Tips for Making Effective PowerPoint Presentations (NCSL resource)

BONUS RESOURCES:
USB Document Camera (product*)
Presentation Tips (DO-IT resource)
How to Give a Killer Presentation (HBR article)
100 Top Public Speaking Tips: Master List (blog)

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Written by Lauren Green and produced by Caitlin Murray.

Conflict in meetings is normal, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. In this special guest episode, certified meditator Gina Weatherup offers her top tips for managing conflict at work. Plus, Lauren gives her suggestions for giving feedback in the moment rather than waiting for a performance review.

⭐️ Connect with Gina Weatherup ⭐️

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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg Ph.D. (book*)
Time Spent on Workplace Conflict Has Doubled Since 2008 (research study press release+)
Understanding Conflict (blog)
Mastering the Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback (blog)
Improve Talent Development With Our SBI Feedback Model (CCL article)

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+As of October 2022, the average worker loses 4 hours a week—two whole days a month—to conflict.

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Written by Lauren Green and produced by Caitlin Murray.

This bonus episode is a companion to the Coaching 101 episode. We recommend listening to that episode before checking out this live coaching demonstration.

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Written by Lauren Green and produced by Caitlin Murray.

Coaching is a buzzword these days, but what exactly is coaching? And why is it important for managers to have basic coaching skills? This episode breaks down essential skills for coaching and why we all need them and ends with a live coaching demo to demonstrate those skills in action. Check out the BONUS EPISODE for a live coaching demo with Lauren and Vickie.

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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Jess Grippo (website)
International Coaching Federation (website)
ICF Code of Ethics (webpage)
The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier (book*)
Top 7 Questions for Leaders Who Coach (blog)

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Written by Lauren Green and produced by Caitlin Murray.

When someone ducks their head in, do you wish you could hide under your desk? In this episode, we give you healthy options for responding to unexpected conversations and change, and tips to help you have a productive conversation and get back to work.

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EPISODE RESOURCES:
What Happens to Your Body During the Fight-or-Flight Response? (article)
Self-Affirmations and Setting Boundaries with Others (blog) 

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Written by Lauren Green and produced by Caitlin Murray.

Tired from standing around in your morning standup? If your daily tag-ups are running long, it’s time to get essential. In this episode, we’ll give you ways to start your stand-up strong and prompts to keep the conversation quick and productive.

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EPISODE RESOURCES:
What is a Stand-up Meeting? (article)

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Written by Lauren Green and produced by Caitlin Murray.

Weekly meetings are meant to kick off the week with momentum. If you’re going in without a plan or fighting to keep your team on task, it’s time to make a change. In this episode, we’ll walk you through what might not be working and give you an agenda template you can use right away.

⭐️ Download our free weekly meeting agenda template ⭐️

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Written by Lauren Green and produced by Caitlin Murray.