Seven Sins of Deadly Meetings by Eric Matson
Sin #1: People don't take meetings seriously. They arrive late, leave early, and spend most of their time doodling.
Salvation: Adopt the mind-set that meetings are real work.
There are as many techniques to improve the "crispness" of meetings as there are items on the typical meeting agenda. Some companies punish latecomers with a penalty fee or reprimand them in the minutes of the meeting. But these techniques address symptoms, not the disease. Disciplined meetings are about mind-set -- a shared conviction among all the participants that meetings are real work. That all-too-frequent expression of relief -- "Meeting's over, let's get back to work" -- is the mortal enemy of good meetings.
"Most people simply don't view going to meetings as doing work," says William Daniels. "You have to make your meetings uptime rather than downtime."
On the wall you can have a poster with a series of simple questions about the meetings that take place there. Do you know the purpose of this meeting? Do you have an agenda? Do you know your role? Do you follow the rules for good minutes?
These posters are a visual reminder of just how serious the company is about productive meetings.
Sin #2: Meetings are too long. They should accomplish twice as much in half the time.
Salvation: Time is money. Track the cost of your meetings and use computer- enabled simultaneity to make them more productive.
Almost every guru invokes the same rule: meetings should last no longer than 90 minutes. When's the last time your company held to that rule?
One reason meetings drag on is that people don't appreciate how expensive they are.
Therefore talk about the cost of bad meetings. Because bad meetings lead to even more meetings, and over time the costs become awe-inspiring.
Sin #3: People wander off the topic. Participants spend more time digressing than discussing.
Salvation: Get serious about agendas and store distractions in a "parking lot." It's the starting point for all advice on productive meetings: stick to the agenda.
the challenge is to find a way to get into the meeting, as opposed to pointlessly sitting
With Hell as the ultimate punishment, I began going about the business of learning how to avoid it. It seems that there was a list a mile long of things that one should or shouldn’t do that would put one in the good graces of the Lord. Do not hang out with the pagans down the street (there was a Mormon Church about two blocks down). Do not engage in pre-marital sex. Never masturbate. This is just to name a few; the list seems to go on and on.
To make it fun and more interactive instead of general meetings there should be a group of people showing the policies and how they need to be followed in an organization
Over and over I heard people say, “If you’re not meeting in a church you’re ‘forsaking the assembling of yourselves together’ (Hebrews 10:25), and therefore are living in sin.” It killed me (even while I was in my church) when a person became angry at someone for not attending an established church building but a home church or a Bible study. I never understood why they did that. But since I was on the outside looking into the situation, I could see the attitudes of both people during those conversations and tried to determine their heart condi...
In business meetings, especially those with impending deadlines, tempers can get out of control. Outbursts are not uncommon; however, the one receiving the brunt of anger is rarely the most deserving source. Hunter (2003) makes the following example:
Communication is a very effective way of get things resolved. What we do at my work place, all staff have weekly meetings about positive and negative situations that have been encountered during the week. I find this very helpful because concerns or new ideas are brought. And we move al move along in the same page.
Is your office running as smoothly as it should ? Do your clients turn up on time, every time ? Or are you playing catch up to fill the holes in your schedule.
When one goes into a place of business, one may realize that those who have worked at the company for a large amount of time often lose their drive to provide excellent service to their customers. This is something that all companies deal with unfortunately. Motivation lacks, causing the employees service skills to lack. When one gets to this point, the question then becomes how to increase motivation of fellow employees. This is when the employer must use their skills to provide seminars, meetings, motivational speakers, or even a small little break to get their team back on the same page.
...amine the promise Christ once made. “ I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matt. 16:18).
attendance. One of the many reasons for wanting to improve attendance is due to the result of
So, he must have trust that his team can do as good of a job when tackling the challenges of client satisfaction and acquisition. This entails daily meetings between him and his team. The meetings allow for their relationships to be maintained, only to aid in the relationships they each have with the clients.
Like Professor Schlake did on the first day of class, I will begin my meetings by passing out the squishy balls and iso flex stress reliever toys to the meeting attendees. In an organization like ours, this will immediately change the tone of the meeting and allow all participants to let down their guard. As we saw in the first class, people will throw the toys to each other and laugh at their silliness. Thes...
For better negotiation and communication, Meetings were held between the team members and the managers so that every employee can give their views and opinions.
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Shared Goals: ‘everyone is working towards the same result and there are no personal or hidden agendas’.