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Facilitation moves for every part of the meeting.
Practical techniques for energising, opening, discussing, deciding, prioritising and closing — one PDF, ready for Monday.
Most managers were never taught how to actually run a meeting — just how to attend one. This is the missing manual: practical moves for every part of the meeting, written for first-time managers who’d rather have something concrete than another framework.
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What’s inside
Energisers. Short, low-effort moves to wake the room up — without anyone groaning about icebreakers.
Openers. Get the meeting moving in the first three minutes — instead of watching it die on its feet.
Discussion techniques. Open up real conversation, hear the quieter voices, and stop the loudest person from running the meeting.
Decision-making moves. Get from talking about it to actually deciding it — even when the room is split.
Prioritising. When everything feels urgent, how to surface what actually matters — without it becoming another debate.
Closes. End with a decision, an owner and a date — not “great chat, let’s pick this up next time”.
“If you don’t end the meeting with a decision, an owner and a date — it wasn’t a meeting. It was a chat.”
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Built for first-time people managers — and for anyone who’s been promoted into running meetings without being taught how. Years one and two of management are when meeting habits get set. Setting them well saves you a decade.