Chapter 16
Holding great meetings
How many meetings do you go to that leave you energised, and feeling that it was time well spent? If you are typical of most managers your response will be ‘Too few’. Does either of the scenarios below reflect your situation?
- Your email has just pinged. It’s another meeting request along with an attachment containing the meeting agenda. You have been asked to block out two hours for this meeting. This is the fifth meeting invite this week and it is only Tuesday. You have an all too familiar sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach . . . you are experiencing the ‘YAM’ (Yet Another Meeting) factor.
- Back in January you spent time scheduling diaries for your whole team to ensure that they booked in regular team ...
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