Episode E4.006 Start Management by Meeting - new owner/ceo role of tracking progress and results from MBO

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Introduction
Hope everyone is looking forward to a great week. We have a few announcements to make about growth of the IBGR Network. 

First, we are doubling the number of new and returning visitors to the site. July was twice June’s numbers and we beat July’s numbers over the weekend.

Second, with the addition of Gambia on Sunday, IBGR is now heard by entrepreneurs in 100 countries. That is 51% of all the countries on the planet. 

Third, we have declared war on Covid19. That is not on the disease itself, just a worse variant of the flu. Our declaration is aimed at those politicians and bureaucrats that are making arbitrary, non-science based decisions on economic activity. People with no skin in the game, collecting checks from our taxes are deciding which business lives or dies. If you do your own research, a stark reality will become apparent - what is happening in your country is not based on science - it is based on power and control.

Check these articles out as reference points:

• Sweden Hits COVID-19 "Triple Whammy": No Lockdowns, Low Deaths & Minimal Economic Damage
• Lockdown Restrictions Are A Test To See How Much Tyranny Americans Will Accept
• THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID19 - DON'T LET THE BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS GIVE YOU A LINE OF BULL.

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Show Objectives - The Why
Meetingitis is a real thing. So is death by meetings. As the business owner, you must determine what warrants a meeting, how to hold effective meetings and how to model a system wide meeting plan that is mandated and followed at every level of your organization. This is called Meeting by Objective or MBO.

​When done right, there will be a waterfall effect that flows from the top down and a rollup effect that ensures pertinent and key information is disseminated back up the chain. All meetings should address one of three goals: Alignment, Calibration or Improvement. Anything else could probably be taken care of in an email. 

Key Issues - Owner Perspective:

1. The few, the most critical 
2. System wide plan - mandated at every level 
3. At the beginning - alignment
4. Work in progress - calibration
5. At the end - improvements [ACI]

What You Need to Know - The What
Often, leaders in any organization turn into “the boy who cried wolf.” Something comes up and a decision needs to be made so the immediate thought is to hold a meeting. This is not the most effective strategy. Meetings call personnel away from their task lists and are momentum killers. Having said that, there are three strategic reasons to hold a meeting with key players. 

The first happens at the beginning of a new project or workflow. Hold an Alignment meeting to ensure everyone is briefed and understands their role and success measures. The second is to hold calibration meetings. You want to bring teams together to check on progress, identify pitfalls and make course adjustments if needed. Finally, once the project is complete, hold an after action review to identify both strengths and weaknesses. Keep it positive by focusing on what could be done better the next time. 


​What You Need to Do​​ - The How

1. Identify areas in your business that actually warrant a meeting and the key players that must be involved.
2. Develop a system wide meeting structure and plan (how often and why) that is mandated at every level. Be sure to include the three types of meetings: Alignment, Calibration and Improvement
3. Institute measures to ensure compliance and information dissemination top down and bottom up.

 

Shows

• Previous: Episode E4.005 Upgrade vendors/suppliers and relationships
• Next: Episode E4.007 Shift to 50/50 working ON vs IN the business 

Written by Donna Kunde

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