Episode 184: Running Efficient Meetings - Business Tip of the Month with Nathan White of National Pool Partners

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 

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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.