In this episode of Big Dreams Great Teams, Paula shares a powerful framework to transform your team meetings from energy-draining obligations into the strategic engine of your business. Discover the three specific questions that create accountability, reveal obstacles, and develop proactive thinking in your team - ultimately allowing meetings to run effectively even without you present.

What You'll Learn:

• Why most team meetings accidentally create dependency on you as the leader and how to shift this dynamic
• The fundamental difference between informational meetings vs empowering meetings
• Three specific questions that transform meeting energy and outcomes
• How to implement a meeting structure that runs with or without you
• Practical steps to transition your team to this new meeting framework

Chapters:

[00:01:49 ] Why team meetings often drain energy instead of creating momentum

[04:42:30 ] The core problem: meetings structured to create dependency on you

[07:07:36 ] Real example of how Paula implemented self-running team meetings in London

[09:22:25 ] Why your team meeting should be the engine of your business

[11:47:16 ] Question #1: Focusing on wins to build positive momentum

[14:11:04 ] Question #2: Creating clarity and public accountability

[16:32:69 ] Question #3: Fostering interdependence rather than dependency

[18:50:49 ] How to implement this structure as your standard meeting agenda

[21:05:69 ] How this structure gradually reduces the need for your involvement

[23:25:96 ] Tips for handling initial awkwardness during implementation

[25:28:73 ] Signs that indicate the new meeting structure is working

[27:49:03 ] How these questions develop better thinking beyond the meeting room

Resources Mentioned:

Strategic Leadership Circle waitlist

Dream Team Discovery Call booking link

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