The Meeting Marathon
When This Happens
The session is scheduled for 2+ hours and you need to maintain focus and energy throughout.
How To Do It — Structured Sprint Blocks
- 1.Divide the total time into 25-minute focused blocks with 5-minute breaks.
- 2.Each block has one clear objective written on the board.
- 3.At the end of each block, capture decisions and check progress.
- 4.Use the breaks for movement, not just screen-checking.
What To Say
We have [X hours] together, so here's how we'll structure it to stay sharp: we're working in 25-minute sprints, each with one clear goal. After each sprint, we take 5 minutes to move and reset. The goals for each sprint are: [list them]. Let's start sprint one — our objective is [goal].
Pro Tip
The Pomodoro technique works just as well for group work as for individual work. Visible timers create shared urgency and focus.
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