Is your team's calendar packed with back-to-back meetings, leaving little time for focused work? Optimize Meetings: Boost Team Productivity is a practical, entry-level course for professionals, team leads, and project managers who want to move from feeling overwhelmed to taking control of their team's schedule. This course provides a data-driven framework to systematically analyze and improve your meeting culture, transforming it from a source of frustration into a driver of efficiency. You will learn to conduct a "meeting audit" by exporting and analyzing calendar data to quantify inefficiencies and identify redundant sessions. Through hands-on activities, you will master techniques to calculate your team's "meeting load percentage," evaluate meetings for purpose and engagement, and develop compelling, data-backed proposals for change. By the end, you will be equipped to recommend specific, actionable solutions—like replacing status check-ins with automated updates or redesigning formats to boost engagement—freeing up valuable time for the deep work that truly matters.
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Optimize Meetings: Boost Team Productivity
This course is part of Advanced Project Operations & Automation Specialization
Instructor: LearningMate
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Learners will be able to analyze team meeting schedules and propose actionable changes to enhance productivity.
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There are 3 modules in this course
This module introduces the significant impact of meeting overload on team productivity and focus. Learners will discover how to perform a "meeting audit" by exporting, classifying, and analyzing calendar data. They will learn to calculate key metrics, such as the percentage of work time spent in meetings, to create a clear, data-driven picture of their team's current state.
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2 videos1 reading2 assignments
In this module, learners move from quantitative analysis to qualitative evaluation. They will learn to audit meetings for necessity, purpose, and engagement using a practical framework. By the end of the module, learners will be able to critically assess a meeting's value and identify the essential recurring meetings versus those that are prime candidates for elimination or redesign.
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2 videos1 reading2 assignments
In this final module, learners synthesize their findings to develop and propose actionable, data-driven recommendations. They will explore powerful asynchronous alternatives and facilitation techniques to boost engagement and efficiency. The course culminates in a final project where learners craft a complete optimization plan to solve a realistic meeting overload problem.
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