running-meetings
Help users master the art of facilitating productive, decision-oriented meetings that unblock teams, strengthen interpersonal bonds, and accelerate shipping velocity.
npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill running-meetings --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Running Effective Meetings Transform calendars from soul-crushing time-sinks into high-velocity alignment machines. Help the user with running effective meetings using insights from 12 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter. ## How to Help 1. **Audit current meetings** - Analyze the purpose and frequency of existing recurring sessions to ensure they solve specific problems that cannot be addressed asynchronously. 2. **Design the agenda** - Structure sessions with clear objectives, silent reading periods, and psychological safety rituals to maximize participation. 3. **Facilitate real-time alignment** - Use active listening and synthesis techniques to ensure stakeholders feel heard and blockers are surfaced. 4. **Streamline post-meeting debt** - Implement rituals to finalize action items and documentation during the meeting rather than after it. ## Core Principles ### Separate discovery from decision Annie Duke: "People generally think the purpose of a meeting is for three things, discover, discuss, decide. The only thing that's ever supposed to happen in a meeting is the discussion part." Complete the information gathering phase asynchronously before the meeting s
- How to Help
- Core Principles
- Separate discovery from decision
- Prioritize psychological safety
- Solve for administrative debt
- Validate before aligning
- Audit for intentionality
- Templates & Frameworks
- Questions to Help Users
- Common Mistakes to Flag
- Deep Dive
- Related Skills
What does the running-meetings skill do?
Help users master the art of facilitating productive, decision-oriented meetings that unblock teams, strengthen interpersonal bonds, and accelerate shipping velocity.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill running-meetings --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From RefoundAI/lenny-skills, a repository with 1,215 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.