Meeting On Purpose™

I read an article recently that mentioned how Oprah Winfrey kicks off every meeting with the same three questions to get everyone engaged and to set clear intentions: “What is our intention for this meeting? What’s important? What matters?”

Success leaves clues. There is a reason Oprah's been so successful. There are reasons why she gathers her team together. There are specific things she needs people to do. When she calls a meeting, people show up 'on time', when she enters the room, people take notice and pay attention, and when she speaks, people listen.

Rather than having a meeting just to 'have a meeting', Oprah Winfrey wants her team to have a specific reason(s) for calling a meeting, and she tasks her team to communicate clearly why the meeting has been scheduled. What is the Purpose of this gathering? She has mandated her team to answer the all important question... "Why are we here and what do we intend to accomplish?"

If your meetings aren't as productive as you would like them to be, then take a page from Oprah's Playbook.

Whether it's meetings, presentations or phone calls, it's our responsibility to be clear about why we are communicating and what we intend to accomplish through our listeners. What specific actions do we want people to take? What's optimal? What's imperative? What's critical? What's urgent? Like Oprah... What's important? What matters?

At Trivium Performance, we are in the meeting effectiveness business. All (4) of our Presenting On Purpose™ programs are comprehensive, intense and transformational. We have multiple programs in a variety of formats to meet your every need.

If your meetings, presentations and phone calls need to be more effective then Click This Now to visit our website or call me, Scott Hays at 843.301.1768.