29 min
Modernizing leadership in meetings (featuring Brad Farris) The Chats with Chip Podcast
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- Marketing
Meetings have evolved over the last few decades, so shouldn’t the agency owner’s role have changed?
In this episode, Chip and Brad Farris of Anchor Advisors discuss the importance of effective leadership and meetings in agencies, emphasizing the owner’s unique role in providing vision and direction.
They explore the need for well-structured meetings with agendas, purpose, and active participation from all members.
The conversation touches on techniques for better meetings, the role of leaders in encouraging participation, and the value of appreciating contributions and creating positive meeting experiences.
Key takeaways
* Chip Griffin: “A meeting ought to try to involve people in discussion, and it should be involving everybody on the call, because there’s no point in being on the call if you’re not participating.”
* Brad Farris: “The person that talks the most thinks more highly of the person who talks the least. So if you’re in a new business situation, the less you talk, the more that they’re going to think highly of you.”
* Chip Griffin: “Leadership is about creating the conditions to make the good decisions.”
* Brad Farris: “Fear means we’re doing something important. That fear is actually sharpening your senses, helping you to focus, helping you to be present.”
Resources
* Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable about Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business
* Sign up for Brad’s newsletter
* Business Growth Phase Assessment
About Brad Farris
Brad Farris has helped hundreds of agency owners sharpen their focus, raise their prices, and hire better people so that their firms can scale and thrive. Brad has learned that success is driven less by what you do than by who you decide to be, and the biggest hurdle to your agency’s growth is between your ears.
Related
* How to make agency team meetings more productive
* Moving agency meetings from in-person to online
* Being present as an agency owner
View Transcript
The following is a computer-generated transcript. Please listen to the audio to confirm accuracy.
Meetings have evolved over the last few decades, so shouldn’t the agency owner’s role have changed?
In this episode, Chip and Brad Farris of Anchor Advisors discuss the importance of effective leadership and meetings in agencies, emphasizing the owner’s unique role in providing vision and direction.
They explore the need for well-structured meetings with agendas, purpose, and active participation from all members.
The conversation touches on techniques for better meetings, the role of leaders in encouraging participation, and the value of appreciating contributions and creating positive meeting experiences.
Key takeaways
* Chip Griffin: “A meeting ought to try to involve people in discussion, and it should be involving everybody on the call, because there’s no point in being on the call if you’re not participating.”
* Brad Farris: “The person that talks the most thinks more highly of the person who talks the least. So if you’re in a new business situation, the less you talk, the more that they’re going to think highly of you.”
* Chip Griffin: “Leadership is about creating the conditions to make the good decisions.”
* Brad Farris: “Fear means we’re doing something important. That fear is actually sharpening your senses, helping you to focus, helping you to be present.”
Resources
* Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable about Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business
* Sign up for Brad’s newsletter
* Business Growth Phase Assessment
About Brad Farris
Brad Farris has helped hundreds of agency owners sharpen their focus, raise their prices, and hire better people so that their firms can scale and thrive. Brad has learned that success is driven less by what you do than by who you decide to be, and the biggest hurdle to your agency’s growth is between your ears.
Related
* How to make agency team meetings more productive
* Moving agency meetings from in-person to online
* Being present as an agency owner
View Transcript
The following is a computer-generated transcript. Please listen to the audio to confirm accuracy.
29 min