52 Huddles

Nifty, new ideas to build a better team

It's no secret. Effective meetings are important to building strong, successful teams. But all too often, managers and employees groan when it’s time for a meeting. Why? Employees say staff meetings generally discuss boring policies and procedures, are not interactive, are too long or are not conducted well. Managers say they run out of time to create ideas for engaging meetings. So what’s a coach or manager to do?

52 Huddles is packed with nifty, new ideas for powerful Huddles (15 minute meetings) that will help you energize and strengthen your team. Each Huddle has a clear objective, explains the underlying concepts, outlines the necessary prep work that you need to do, provides talking points and exercises, and shares valuable coaching tips. It takes the work out of planning meetings – and gives you everything you’ll need for a full year of Huddles!

The Huddles are focused on a variety of different topics that allow you the opportunity to foster a caring culture for your team — one in which they will become engaged, thrive, build skills, and impact the customer experience. You’ll see Huddles that will help your team to:

• Know each other better
• Communicate more effectively
• Define and deliver “wow” customer experiences
• Develop key skills
• Recognize team accomplishments
• Measure your results