# Weekly_team_meetings_guide__Luca_Dellanna - readwise.io Synced: [[2023_11_30]] 6:03 AM Last Highlighted: [[2023_09_13]] Tags: [[explainer]] [[model]] [[psychology]]  ## Highlights [[2023_09_13]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ha6r9qds60mrarb49savmekb) > If you don’t talk about Core Values on a weekly basis, people will wonder if they are still relevant. [[2023_09_13]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ha6rab60x93msgz5t9br21g6) > But don’t use empty words or corporate-speak. Instead, ask the attendees to contribute with one small experience or fact relevant to Core Values. This is a great tactic. Pool from others so that they have to be familiar with the core values too [[2023_09_13]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ha6r1bpqq8gq9arwzhcmemxg) > If you sent your team an advance copy of the communication, don’t read it again in front of everyone – that would waste the time of who has already read it and would teach to everyone that there’s no point in reading preparation materials before the meeting. [[2023_09_13]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ha6r25h3nhkf7rnhq6fp8641) > A better way to do it is to ask each attendee what key obstacles they are facing this week. This produces a more constructive discussion and leads to attendees leaving the meeting with their projects in better shape (derisked and/or easier to advance). I would like to see more of what this actually means. I would like an example of what that might look like and why that is more effective. [[2023_09_13]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ha6r3t80gsc5t076d59qcvfc) > Always begin this section of the weekly meeting by setting expectations. What outcomes are we trying to achieve with this discussion? Who is expected to contribute and how? Just a good practice in general [[2023_09_13]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ha6r4dsc865yhpjmec50skvp) > It is usually best to leave this to the end, as if the discussion drags on, at least you won’t have to rush throught the rest of the meeting. Yes, please. Getting hung up and dragging the whole team into something relevant to a few is annoying at best [[2023_09_13]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ha6r7q5szs55qrz1xf6zgr59) > Especially with virtual team meetings, someone being slow to get to the point might cause the rest of the participants to get distracted. If it repeats often enough, people won’t be fully engaged during team meetings and that will have cascading consequences. nip it in the bud before it gets to that [[2023_09_13]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ha6r97chwaetzse6205mh5g6) > You must repeat what matters, otherwise it will look like it doesn’t.