Operational efficiency creates time and space for pools to focus on member needs. Poorly executed meetings, email, reporting and constant requests consume valuable time and attention— limiting high-impact, member-centered work.
Our 2026 residency identifies where time is going, then teaches pool teams better habits for lasting changes.
You and your team will learn:
- Your current efficiency patterns and areas of operational friction
- How to control common workplace time drains
- Ways to focus on high-impact work and reduce or eliminate low-value tasks
- When to say “no” to simplify work and reduce unnecessary demands
- Why you should rethink meetings — when to attend, decline or adjust participation
- What is truly urgent among competing priorities
- How to improve email habits
Residency Experience at Staff Institute
Registration is open for the Residency Experience at Staff Institute 2026, Oct. 4–6 in Minneapolis.
AGRiP Resident Juliet Funt will lead this 2.5-day program for pool executives and senior staff. Participants will translate insight into action — from practicing a reductive mindset to making it stick across your pool.
Space is limited to 130, and senior staff should confirm their pool executive supports their attendance.
Sessions explore:
- What a reductive mindset looks like in practice and how to put it to work immediately
- Better ways to decide where your pool’s time, energy and attention belong
- Practical strategies for letting go of roles, tasks and habits that no longer serve your team
- Desk-level skills for managing the daily demands that consume capacity
- Approaches for leading change and building the trust and accountability that sustain it
- Making efficiency a lasting part of your pool’s culture and operations
Workplace Efficiency Survey
Complete a comprehensive efficiency survey to get a clear picture of how staff time and energy are actually being used — and where you can reclaim and repurpose time for member-focused work.
Participating pools receive aggregated results through a dashboard and report that highlights where operational friction is having impact.
Access is available to AGRiP members. Request access to the survey.
A Minute to Think Online Course
This 14-week, self-paced online course teaches pool teams core efficiency concepts and practical techniques to reduce busy work, ease burnout and create space for strategic work. Weekly lessons take less than 10 minutes and can be applied immediately. Discussion prompts connect course concepts to the real work happening at pools.
Every AGRiP member pool receives three complimentary seats. Additional seats are available:
- Pools with up to 14 staff: $300 per seat
- Pools with 15–39 staff: Buy two seats, get one free at $325 per seat
- Pools with 40+ staff: Buy three seats, get one free at $375 per seat
Enroll your team today.
Additional Resources
- Read AGRiP eNews every three weeks for the latest updates and resources.
- Our Intelligence publication, Make Room for Your Pool's Most Important Work, explains how to create white space, right-size meetings, reduce communication drag and tame urgencies so teams can focus on higher-value priorities.
- Juliet Funt’s Governance Conference 2026 keynote explored how teams can improve performance by sharpening focus, aligning efforts and supporting more thoughtful, member-focused work.
Contact Claire Torza with questions.
Hear AGRiP Resident Juliet Funt and Executive Director Ann Gergen discuss how our 2026 residency helps pools create more capacity for meaningful, member-focused work.