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Case study: The 'weekly-that-should-be-monthly'

Duration: 15 min

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Warm-up

Warm-up · Prime the case (5 min, solo)

Two micro-drills from Unit 2: (A) chairing language + present tenses for updates; (B) modals of obligation and suggestion. Do both before opening the scenario.

Drill 1 — Chair the room in one line

For each moment in a weekly meeting, write ONE chairing sentence that moves things forward without steamrolling.

  1. Open the meeting: nobody has spoken yet, energy is flat.

  2. Cut off a rambler who's five minutes into a two-minute update.

  3. Close the meeting: no decision has been made and time is up.

Drill 2 — Modal for the recommendation

Choose the strongest defensible modal (MUST / HAVE TO / SHOULD / MIGHT WANT TO) and justify in five words.

  1. 'We ___ turn the weekly into a monthly.' (you, to the team you lead)

  2. 'The team ___ send a written update every Monday by 10:00.' (new team norm)

  3. 'You ___ ask the CFO before dropping the recurring line.' (peer to peer)

Bridge to the case → Two moves the case will demand: (a) as the chair, every turn ends with a specific person + a specific next step, never a general 'thoughts?'; (b) every proposal to change the ritual carries the modal that matches your authority — no MUST where SHOULD will do. Open the scenario.
🎯 Final output

Final output — 3-slide recommendation

Solo. Outline a 3-slide deck for the CEO: (1) the problem in numbers, (2) the proposed structure, (3) how you'll handle the founder. Record a 90-second voice pitch of the deck. Use at least THREE chairing phrases from today's lesson.