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Business, General, Local Government, Managing & Organising Meetings, Meetings

The Local Government Quest goes to Cottesloe

When my local government council meeting quest began, a number of people said I had to get to Cottesloe. Well it certainly was an interesting […]

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Local Government quest Busselton
Chess & chairing a meeting, Local Government, Meetings, Presence/Charisma

The Quest Heads South to Busselton

The Quest is back. In July last year I began a Quest to visit every local government council meeting in the Perth metro area. The […]

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sting in the tail
Meetings, Decision Making, Decisive Leadership, Results Strategies

Consensus decision making has a sting in the tail

Caution – Consensus decision making isn’t necessarily the way to go. Recently I worked with a very large organisation which has a corporate policy that […]

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misinformation in meetings
Business, Decision Making, Decisive Leadership, Local Government, Meetings

Misinformation and Disinformation

Why the difference between misinformation and disinformation in meetings matters The meaning of misinformation is often merged with that of disinformation, but they are not interchangeable. You […]

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Robert's Rules
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Should you use Robert’s Rules of Order in Australia?

Should you use Robert’s Rules of Order? If you are in the USA – yes. If you are in Australia – no. Robert’s Rules are […]

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Chess & chairing a meeting, Decision Making, Meetings

Do your meetings suffer from Sunflower bias?

Sunflower bias and how it works against good decision making. If you ever see a field of sunflowers, you’ll notice that all of the flowers […]

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General, Local Government, Meetings, Speaking & Presenting

My local government quest attracted media attention

As a result of the intrigue my quest has created, the ABC invited me to attend their local government forum last Wednesday. These are 3 […]

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Business, Decisive Leadership, General, Managing & Organising Meetings, Meetings, Results Strategies

I’m going to share 2 stories. Both about time. Story 1. I was speaking at a business association and the issue of time management came […]

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David James conference speaker
Business, Meetings, Results Strategies

Steve reduced his meetings from 150 minutes to 40 minutes

Steve reduced his meetings from 150 minutes to 40 minutes      

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Meetings, Local Government

The Quest goes on – City of Bayswater

I’m on a quest to visit every local government council meeting in the Perth metropolitan area. There are 29. On each expedition I will write […]

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Meetings, Local Government

The Quest heads north – City of Wanneroo

I’m on a quest to visit every local government council meeting in the Perth metropolitan area. There are 29. On each expedition I will write […]

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Meetings, Local Government

The Quest continues – City of Armadale

I’m on a quest to visit every local government council meeting in the Perth metropolitan area. There are 29. On each expedition I will write […]

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Meetings, Local Government

The third expedition on my Local Government quest

I’m on a quest to visit every local government council meeting in the Perth metropolitan area. There are 29. On each expedition I will write […]

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Meetings, Local Government

The second expedition on my Local Government quest

I’m on a quest to visit every local government council meeting in the Perth metropolitan area. There are 29. On each expedition I will write […]

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Meetings, Local Government

The first expedition on my Local Government quest

I’m on a quest to visit every local government council meeting in the Perth metropolitan area. There are 29. On each expedition I will write […]

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Business, Meetings, Results Strategies

I’m on a quest

My Meetings Quest is attracting media attention. I’m on a quest to visit every Perth metropolitan local government council meeting and report on what I […]

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Business, Decision Making, Meetings, Results Strategies

Signs to look for of fraudulent or inappropriate behaviour in organizations

The vast majority of people in organizations, particularly voluntary ones, are reasonable and honest people. But there are some bad apples out there and they […]

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chess & chairing meetings similarities
Leading a meeting & Chess, Business, Chess & chairing a meeting, Decision Making, Decisive Leadership, Meetings

Leading a meeting and playing chess are strategically similar

Would you like to lead a meeting as strategically as Beth Harmon plays chess? Beth Harmon skillfully shows us that chess can be ‘almost sexy’. Mind […]

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Psychological Safety Net
Meetings, Decision Making, Decisive Leadership, Managing & Organising Meetings

High performance meetings are always safe

The best performing teams have one thing in common – psychological safety. It’s exactly the same in meetings.   In your meetings, how willing are people […]

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Managing & Organising Meetings, Meetings, Results Strategies

How we shortened a 2 hour meeting down to 15 minutes and still covered everything.

I had a client who had a requirement to formally meet with the workforce once a week. It could best be described as a cross […]

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Decisive Leadership, Managing & Organising Meetings, Meetings

Halve your meeting frequency & double productivity

Here’s an idea to put in your toaster and see what pops up. Halve the frequency of your meetings. Right now. Just try it. If […]

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Business, Decision Making, Decisive Leadership, Managing & Organising Meetings, Meetings

This may explain why things aren’t moving forward

Are you and your team “Yes but” people, or “Yes and” people?  Do you naturally tend to say “yes and” or do you naturally say “yes […]

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Decisive Leadership, Managing & Organising Meetings, Meetings, Presence/Charisma

Who is the drummer in your meetings? Who sets the pace?

Every meeting has a rhythm, a pace, sometimes called the cadence. Surprisingly, it’s not always the person running the meeting. But it should be. In […]

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nepotism in meetings
Decision Making, General, Managing & Organising Meetings, Meetings, Uncategorized

Is it nepotism if a husband and wife serve together on the same committee?

QUESTION – A vacancy occurred on a committee and a man said his wife would be happy to fill it. The committee was in need […]

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Business, Managing & Organising Meetings, Meetings, Uncategorized

Biting the bullet on the people who are deadwood in your organisation

Bite the bullet on people who are deadwood in your organisation Recently I was working with a client and had an interesting conversation with a […]

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Business, Decision Making, Decisive Leadership, Managing & Organising Meetings, Meetings

Use the Traffic Light Principle to improve your meetings

The humble traffic light – green, amber, red – is a quick and powerful way to find out what people really think about the meetings […]

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Decisive Leadership, Meetings, Presence/Charisma, Results Strategies

Is there a link between the number of meetings you attend and salary?

Some people justify their salary by having meetings. But are the meetings effective? Today I had an interesting meeting with a senior business person with […]

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Decision Making, Decisive Leadership, Meetings, Uncategorized

Why the difference between misinformation and disinformation in meetings matters

Why the difference between misinformation and disinformation in meetings matters The meaning of misinformation is often merged with that of disinformation, but they are not […]

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Decision Making, Decisive Leadership, Meetings, Results Strategies

It’s all about getting your ducks in a row!

Everyone was surprised at how we managed to get so many people to vote at a community association meeting. It’s all about getting your ducks […]

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Decision Making, Decisive Leadership, Meetings, Results Strategies

Fact or Opinion – The crucial distinction for good decision making

It’s been calculated that the “average” adult makes 35,000 decisions every day. It seems a bit high to me but who am I to argue […]

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