In any meeting, I aim for the participants to receive the message, adopt the message, and improve results, regardless of whether I am the leader or I am the participant, in as short an amount of time as possible. Anything else wastes time, the one commodity none of us can get back.
This week, I was at a workshop about strategies for making meetings more effective. One of the key themes was the character of people in a meeting. When was the last time you were in a meeting when someone was wasting time, not just for their own? What happened? Were they refocused? Were they removed? It is essential to your meeting’s success to ensure that respectful, prepared, and focused individuals are the only ones allowed into a meeting. Anyone else should be asked to leave. The character of your colleagues in the meeting will drive the effectiveness of the meeting.
I need to do a better job improving meeting decorum, refocusing people when they are off task, and staying true to the purpose of the meeting. Anything else is a waste of time that will keep me and my team away from our goals, family, and the other important things we want to do to grow.
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