No Agenda, No Attenda

I had a great con­ver­sa­tion with my Growth Whis­per­ers pod­cast part­ner Brad Giles about how we’re both very fierce about man­ag­ing our calendars.

We gen­er­al­ly don’t have a lot of free time for ill-pre­pared and inef­fec­tive meet­ings, between our busy busi­ness­es and per­son­al lives — nev­er mind requests for meet­ings that are a waste of time or from peo­ple who just want to catch up.

So, how do you deal with those meet­ing requests that Brad calls no agen­da no atten­da?

If some­one can’t clear­ly tell us about the agen­da for the meet­ing, or the desired out­come, we’re not going to be there.

Pro­tect­ing your cal­en­dar means hav­ing a fil­ter­ing process to make sure what goes in your calendar:

• Is rel­e­vant and impor­tant to you
• Allo­cates the right amount of time (I think five-minute meet­ings are a great thing)
• Has a clear agen­da so that you can be pre­pared and see the val­ue of the meeting.

The Chal­lenge

• What are your cri­te­ria for accept­ing pro­duc­tive meetings?

Lis­ten to more on this episode of The Growth Whis­per­ers podcast.

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