
118 – Making the Meeting Meaningful
Purpose/Objectives: This exercise demonstrates how a supervisor or manager
can “open up” a problem-solving session by promoting
an atmosphere of open thinking, sharing ideas, and an
in-depth analysis of those ideas. A task force consisting
of five to seven participants is assigned to select what
day to use for a ninth floating holiday in their company.
A leader is chosen, and the emphasis of the exercise is
on how well he/she carried out this assignment. The
leader and the remaining class participants receive
guidelines on how to conduct the meeting. If the leader
fails to follow the guidelines, the observers ...