NashJS: Mindsets for Better Shorter Meetings with Chris Leonard

The Topic
Meetings are hard. So much advice about them focuses on leaders, but what about participants? This talk is all about how every contributor can make meetings short, fun and productive.

Individual contributors in knowledge work of almost any kind and role; dev leads, managers, directors, project/program managers, coaches, scrum masters, and product owners are the target audience for this talk.

Feel hopeful and empowered to make painful meetings better through your own behavior and examples. Learn practical tactics you can apply immediately.

About the speaker
Chris Leonard is a Nashville-based consultant and coach. A career that began in tour buses and stages has brought him to large enterprises and startups in healthcare, life sciences, retail, and defense. Through it all, Chris has distinguished himself as a builder of high-performing teams.

He draws from a wide and growing body of knowledge to lead diverse initiatives and transformations.

Recent work has spanned public health, omni-channel marketing, and AI-integrated compliance solutions.
His practical insights in traditional, hybrid and agile methods will benefit leaders at any level and in any industry.