Course curriculum

  • 1
    Module 1: Introduction and the Big "Why"
    • Lesson 1: Before you begin....
    • Lesson 2: Smarter Meetings Pre Course Survey
    • Lesson 3: Welcome to Smarter Meetings
    • Lesson 4: Completing your 4D-i®
    • Lesson 5: Understanding your 4D-i®
    • Lesson 6: 4D-i® Reflection Activity
    • Lesson 7: Get Smarter Review
  • 2
    Module 2: Foundations of High Performance Thinking
    • Module 2 Learning and Performance Objectives
    • Lesson 1: Four Dimensions of High Performance Thinking
    • Lesson 2: Cognitive Diversity
    • Reflection Activity- Why Cognitive Diversity is Important in Meetings
    • Lesson 3: The Power of One, People Smarts + Process Smarts
    • Lesson 4: Common Causes of Bad Meetings
    • Lesson 5a: What does a Typical Meeting look like?
    • Problems with Typical Meetings
    • Lesson 5b: What does a Smarter Meeting look like?
    • Reflection Activity Smarter Meeting
    • Lesson 6: How are your Meetings?
    • Lesson 7: Green Creative Thinking
    • Lesson 8: Green Creative Thinking Activity
    • Lesson 9: Yellow Understanding Thinking
    • Lesson 10: Yellow Understanding Thinking Activity
    • Lesson 11: Red Decision Making Thinking
    • Lesson 12: Red Decision Making Thinking Activity
    • Lesson 13: White Personal Spirit Thinking
    • Lesson 14: Personal Spirit Activity
    • Lesson 15: Goal Setting and Performance Improvement Plans
    • Lesson 16: Build My Personal Development Plan
    • Lesson 17: The colours in real life activity
  • 3
    Module 3: Plan and Design Smarter Meetings
    • Module 3 Learning and Performance Objectives
    • Lesson 1: The Five Practices of a Smarter Meeting
    • Five Practices Reflection Activity
    • Lesson 2: Plan and Design Smarter Meetings
    • Lesson 3: Seven Problems and Five Root Causes of Ineffective Meetings
    • Lesson 4: How Smart are your Meetings?
    • Lesson 5: Plan and Design Thinking Tracks
    • Quiz on setting agenda outcomes.
    • Lesson 6: Smart Tracks Activity 1
    • Lesson 7: Plan with Smart Tracks
    • Lesson 8: Getting Started with SAM
    • Skill Building Assignment - Get to Know SAM by playing and practicing
    • Lesson 9: Meet SAM
    • Lesson 10: Designing your own Smart Tracks - Activity
    • One hour virtual coaching conversation
  • 4
    Module 4: Lead and Facilitate Smarter Meetings
    • Module 4 Learning, Performance and Impact Objectives
    • Lesson 1. Leading Smarter Meetings
    • Lesson 2: Creating Psychological Safety and more Engaged Performance in Meetings
    • Lesson 3: Lead with Personal Spirit
    • Reflection on Psychological Safety in your meetings
    • Lesson 4: Building Positive Psychology in your team - Activity
    • Lesson 5: Dealing with Off-Tack Behaviour
    • Lesson 6: Five Ways to Use the Voting Card
    • Lesson 7: Killer Phrases
    • Lesson 8: Killer Phrases Quiz
    • Lesson 9: Leading the Meeting with SAM
    • Lesson 10: Smarter Meetings Facilitator Checklist
    • Lesson 11: Introducing Smarter Meetings to your Team Activity
    • Reflection on Off Track Behaviour in your meetings
    • Lesson 12: Meeting Measurement and Assessment
    • Lesson 13: Meeting Key Performance Indicators
    • Lesson 14: Introducing Smarter Meetings to your Team
  • 5
    Module 5: Course Conclusion and Review
    • Lesson 1: Course Review
    • Lesson 2: Post Course Survey
    • Lesson 3: CONGRATULATIONS on Completing the Course
    • Lesson 4: Feedback for us...
  • 6
    Module 6: Resources
    • Smart for Life Book by Bob Wiele
    • Great Minds Don't Think Alike
    • 9 Simple Ways to Ignite Personal Spirit
    • Igniting Personal Spirit
    • Collaborate and Accelerate
    • HBR Article; Teams Solve Problems Faster When They're More Cognitively Diverse
    • HBR Video; Cognitive Diversity Helps Teams Solve Problems Faster
    • Job Aid; 21 Smart Questions
    • Job Aid; Rules and Roles
    • Job Aid; Working Smarter With Others
    • Smarter Meetings Book by Bob Wiele
    • Job Aid; Voting Card
    • The Four Roles in a Smarter Meeting