456: When Preparing for a Meeting is NOT Helpful with Sarah Olivieri

Show Notes Arriving at a team meeting with a solution already worked out can feel like you're helping everyone get ahead. When the work needs several people's perspectives, leaving the solution open gives the team a chance to develop something together that none of them could have created alone.

Sarah discusses when preparing a solution before a meeting can get in the way of collaboration, drawing on her experience helping teams create something new together.

In This Episode, You'll Learn What to consider before working out a solution ahead of a meeting

Why doing extra work can feel like the right thing to do

What your approach to meeting preparation might be teaching your team

How to make more room for leadership across your organization

What Sarah's one-sentence definition of leadership asks us to reconsider

Who This Episode Is For • Nonprofit leaders who want more people on their team taking initiative.

• Teams who want meetings that draw on everyone's ideas and experience.

• Executive directors who want to share the responsibility for moving their organization forward.

• Leadership teams who want to develop solutions they couldn't create on their own.

About Your Host, Sarah Olivieri Bold, strategic, and refreshingly human…