{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Modern Manager","title":"70: Why + How to Gather with Lindsey Caplan","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1877,"description":"Meetings are one of the essential tools that managers use to get work done. While meetings are prolific, they’re only a tool to accomplish some larger purpose. How we design, structure, and engage people in these gatherings is critical. \r\nLindsey Caplan has been gathering people for over 15 years - first to entertain, as a comedy writer in Hollywood, then to educate for companies like DreamWorks Animation and McKinsey, and now to transform as an organizational psychologist as the Head of Talent Development for successful Silicon Valley companies like Zendesk, Credit Karma, and Flexport. Lindsey helps companies drive organizational change by applying lessons in gathering from entertainment, education, and business and she is currently writing a book on “Gathering”.\r\nLindsey and I talk about the unique role of the manager, how to design gatherings to accomplish some purpose, how to engage people in the gathering process which generates better thinking, deeper buy in, and more.\r\n \r\nRead the related blog article: Gatherings Should be Personal, Productive and Powerful\r\n \r\nJoin the Modern Manager community (www.mamieks.com/join) to get a chance to win a free coaching session with Lindsey. Become a member by Friday October 18, 2019 to be eligible.\r\n \r\nIf you work for a nonprofit or government agency, email me at mamie@mamieks.com for 20% off any membership level.\r\n \r\nSubscribe to my newsletter to get episodes, articles and mini-guides delivered to your inbox. \r\n \r\nKEY TAKEAWAYS:\r\n\r\nA manager’s job is to move people from A to B: from under-performer to high-performer, from one level to another.\r\nThe unique aspect of a manager’s role is that we’re responsible for people more than products or services.\r\nIt’s not enough to gather people in a room and talk at them. We need to engage people if we want them to act, buy-in, share ideas, etc.\r\nGatherings can take many forms: meeting, workshop or learning session, town hall, etc.\r\nThere are four reasons to gather: (1)...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vh03-o0OUKG7JnFjtDqtJmV0y385f5sQOifebswPa_E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNjM5LzE2OTA1/Nzg4MDYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}