The Dental Lighthouse with Dr. Jason Tanoory 133: Stop Holding Bad Meetings and Start Leading Better Ones
Feb 4, 2026
Learn why meetings get a bad rap and how to make them powerful leadership tools. Hear practical meeting types to use, who should attend, and how to structure weekly and leadership check-ins. Discover scorecards that turn data into prioritized issues and simple cadences for daily, weekly, and monthly team touchpoints.
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Use A Three-Part Weekly Agenda
- Run a weekly meeting with a strict agenda: scorecard, rallying cry, and winning statement.
- Limit scorecard metrics to 5–10 and turn red metrics into headlines for discussion.
Convert Data Into Prioritized Issues
- Build an issues list from scorecard data, the rallying cry, and the winning statement, then prioritize and debate.
- Commit to decisions and apply peer-to-peer accountability for follow-through.
Let Department Leads Drive Leadership Meetings
- For larger offices, hold leadership meetings with department leads following the same scorecard-driven agenda.
- Empower leads to gather team issues beforehand and bring headlines to the leadership table.
