Meeting Enhancers

"Life is like a combination lock; your job is to

find the right numbers,

in the right order,

so you can have anything you want."

- Brian Tracy

Living Lavita

Helen we missed you today.... Judy, Tanya and Carol continued to discuss that keeping meetings moving forward, on-time, forward focused was not as easy as it looks. We discussed examples of meetings where there was no focus and how that lead to a meeting with no action items, meeting minutes and thus no productivity. Carol discussed that this is important to have when you are meeting with consultants that are paid by the hour.

The team also discussed that when you are in meetings where people are on a roll, the meeting is so much more productive, you feel that you have accomplished soemthing.

When you are in meetings that are not using the tools of pathways, where the participants that are not engaged are difficult adn often you don't want to be in the room.

We felt that it was important for each of us to be responsible to be a positive part of the meetings, to stay on a roll, and to activily participate in every meeting we attend.

Judy Moore, Helen Underwood, Tanya Molnar, Carol Fleck

Salsa Brew Crew
Fernando Cervallas, Mike Fantasia, Nicole Hummer, MariAnne Wozniak, Shannon Haines

Presidential Detail
Joseph Fretz, Paul Smith, Samanthia Rousos, Kathy Nisch, Allan Schroeder

Get Smart
Glenna Takats, Joan Channell, Chris Walton, Cindi Phalen,

T.O.P. (Tools of Pathways)
Amy Yarad, Sean Pennywitt, Steve Fitzpatrick, Kyle Reau

Questions that Trigger the mind, and forward focus questions

The Doofus Principle/Degree of Strength

There was a young man named Rufus,
He was the office Doofus.
He got on our nerves,
And threw us some curves;
We just couldn’t give him the respect he deserves.

He was known as a klutz,
Just a really big Yutz;
The fact is, he simply drove us all nuts!

However, we had no real proof that he was a goof,
Either way, we still all thought he was one big doof!

One day,
Along came a new boss named Tiffany.
Who helped us to have a great epiphany.
She explained to us at length,
The Six Degrees of Strength.
She showed us a new path,
So we all did the math,
Which helped us to see
No Doofus was he!

After learning our new tools,
We sure felt like fools;
For his strengths are much greater than zero,
Alas! Now he is our greatest hero.

As a team, we’re really rocking,
‘Cause now we all dance like No One

Composed by

Helen Underwood and Glenna Takats

Thanks Helen and Glenna for helping to keep the doofus out of the room!!!!

Living Lavita

One of the discussions our team had was the tried and true question of "What is the best part of your day" We all felt that this question was certainly a question that triggered the mind.

This was an area the team agreed was the hardest to do, we are all looking for the meeting to begin and to end, so asking questions can sometimes seem like a waste of time. Our team all agreed that this was one area where we would have to put in some effort.

Carol mentioned that this could be extremely useful when you are in cross functional and matrixed team meetings. That this could help when you are participating in greenbelt or blackbelt projects.

Helen and Judy both mentioned that when you are in a meeting and there is negativity it may take more than one question to change the tone of that person. Maybe coming prepared with forward focused questions could help to keep the meetings flowing.

Judy Moore, Helen Underwood, Tanya Molnar, Carol Fleck

Salsa Brew Crew

Fernando Cervallas, Mike Fantasia, Nicole Hummer, MariAnne Wozniak, Shannon Haines

Presidential Detail

Joseph Fretz, Paul Smith, Samanthia Rousos, Kathy Nisch, Allan Schroeder

Get Smart

Glenna Takats, Joan Channell, Chris Walton, Cindi Phalen,

T.O.P. (Tools of Pathways)

Amy Yarad, Sean Pennywitt, Steve Fitzpatrick, Kyle Reau