Tips and Tools for Small Business Leaders
May 2023 The Inspire Results newsletter is published monthly
Pulled in 100 Directions? Establish Meeting Rhythms
Are people coming to you constantly throughout the day?
No time to work ON the business instead of IN it?
Way too many e-messages and texts between you and your team?
Do you feel like the hub of a bicycle wheel with every employee a spoke that has to go through you to get their daily job done? It’s frustrating for you and your employees. And when people have to stop work to ask questions, those minutes add up to hours and dollars. Our recommendation – designate a specific and regular time and place for all those questions. Establish a meeting rhythm and eliminate all those interruptions.
We recommend a set of regularly scheduled daily (yes, daily but only 5-10 minutes), weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual meetings. you probably think we're crazy advocating so many meetings.
We take the phrase "meeting rhythm" from Verne Harnish's Mastering the Rockefeller Habits where he said that establishing a routine of meetings will "set you free." It's true. IN our business coaching, we've found that, hands down, the most successful business owners are the ones who adopt meeting rhythms.
Keeping to a meeting rhythm is how you execute the plans on your single sheet business plan and quarterly action plan and turn them into reality. If the SSBP and QAP are the brains of your company, your meeting rhythm is the heartbeat of your company.
When we say meeting rhythms, we're talking about a set of specific meetings each with a precise purpose. We use a combination of Verne Harnish's recommended meetings and Pat Lencioni's recommended meetings from his book The Advantage to create a set of meetings for small to mid-size businesses. We made this easy-to-read Small Business Meeting Rhythm chart that lets everyone know who, what when, and where....
June 22, 2023 Holiday Inn Indianapolis Airport
8555 Stansted Road, Indianapolis 9 am - 3 pm
NEW "Coffee and Connect" from 8:30 - 9 am and
"Cocktail and Connect" after the workshop
Discover the potential in your business by completing your Single Sheet Business Plan. Then break it into quarterly, monthly, weekly & daily goals and get a line-of-sight from your daily tasks to your 10-30 year purpose. Step out of the day-to-day business for just 1 day, get organized, complete a prescribed planning process, and walk away with an action plan that leads to greater profits and free time back.
For owners & leaders of small to medium sized businesses. Bring your 2nd-in-command or your whole leadership team!
“Improving meetings is not just an opportunity to enhance the performance of our companies. It is also a way to positively impact the lives of our people.” - Pat Lencioni
