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Meetings with purpose

A leadership group does most of its work in its meetings. Each item states the outcome it needs and the team task it serves. The meeting runs live on every member’s screen, and ends with a written summary.

What it brings

  • For you

    Meetings you can prepare for

    • Every item says what it needs and who owns it.
    • Your open actions wait beside the next agenda.
    • You follow the live meeting on your own screen.
  • For the leadership group

    Time spent on what matters

    • The time check shows when the agenda overruns the slot.
    • An item that matches no team task is flagged before the meeting.
    • Anyone can say the meeting is off track, without a name.
  • For the organisation

    Decisions on record

    • Each meeting ends with its decisions, actions and parked topics.
    • Items carried over move to the next meeting, so nothing is lost.
    • The leadership group’s time goes to the tasks only it can do.

How it works

An agenda that is ready

Any member proposes an item. It is ready with a type, a desired outcome, an owner and a time box. The time check adds the minutes against the meeting’s length.

  • An item that matches no team task is flagged. It stays if the leader confirms it.
  • Every open action of the group appears beside the next agenda.
Sample dataNext week’s agenda: 65 of 90 minutes planned and 4 of 5 items ready. Two items match no team task, and the open actions sit beside it.
The next meeting’s agenda, as the leader sees it. A fictional group: every name and answer is invented.

The live meeting

The leader starts the meeting and takes it item by item, with a timer for each time box. Every member sees the same item on their own screen, in sync.

  • Anyone saves a decision, adds an action or parks a topic.
  • Process comments carry no name. They open only when enough members are online to keep the sender hidden.
Sample dataA live meeting: the current item with its timer and the leader’s controls, its decision, and the items still to come.
A live meeting, run by its leader. A fictional group: every name and answer is invented.

The summary

When the leader ends the meeting, the summary lists each item as it closed, with its decision and its actions. Items carried over go to the next meeting.

  • Topics parked during the meeting stay in the parking lot.
  • Process comments are deleted when the meeting ends.
Sample dataA meeting summary: four items closed as reached or carried over, one decision with its action, and a topic in the parking lot.
Yesterday’s meeting, held. A fictional group: every name and answer is invented.

Before, during and after

  1. 1

    Prepare

    Members propose items with an outcome, an owner, a time box and a team task.

  2. 2

    Run

    The leader takes the items in turn, and everyone sees the same one.

  3. 3

    Record

    Decisions, actions and parked topics are saved as the meeting goes.

  4. 4

    Carry

    Open actions and carried items move to the next agenda.

The article on the leadership team meeting agenda covers item types, desired outcomes and time boxes, with an example.

Questions and answers

Who can add items to the agenda?
Any member proposes an item. Its proposer, its owner or the leader can change it.
What is a team task?
An issue that belongs to the whole leadership group, written in its charter with a decision right. An item that matches none is flagged.
Can anyone see who sent a process comment?
No. A process comment carries no name and no time, and it is deleted when the meeting ends.
What happens to items we did not reach?
An item closed as carried over moves to the next planned meeting. Items not closed show as not reached in the summary.
How does a group get meetings?
Meetings are part of the Team plan. A group’s leader can start a 14-day trial in the app, with no billing details.

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