Episode 184: Running Efficient Meetings - Business Tip of the Month with Nathan White of National Pool Partners
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Episode Summary
In today’s edition of Business Tip of the Month, we’re joined by Nathan White who is the Branch Manager at Patriot Pool & Spa, a National Pool Partners company.
We discuss the art of efficient meetings with Nathan, who after almost 22 years in the pool industry finds himself leading five meetings every single week, striving to improve upon each one.
Taking inspiration from the EOS® system, Nathan does a deep dive into six principles that he and his team stand by in order to ensure consistently high-quality meetings.
Topics Discussed
00:43 - An introduction to Nathan White
02:12 - Nathan’s experience running efficient meetings
04:05 - Principle #1: Consistency
05:10 - Principle #2: Punctuality
07:51 - Principle #3: Timeframes
09:19 - Principle #4: Scaffolding
13:44 - Principle #5: Picking Officers
22:01 - Principle #6: Getting Feedback: Listening and Taking Notes
25:47 - Nathan’s closing thoughts
28:13 - Extra principles
Key Quotes From Episode
One of the most common pitfalls of being in a service-based business is that everybody is busy all the time.
When you pick a time for a meeting, especially for a leadership team or a management team where everything you do in that meeting and how efficient you are affects everything that happens for the rest of the company—make sure that a) you’re respecting everybody else’s time, and b) all of that time allotted is getting used.
I always want our meetings to be really engaging and valuable. I always want to respect everybody’s time.
