Management Café MC37 The multiple aspects of meetings
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Dec 12, 2022 A lively conversation about why meetings can energize or frustrate teams. They explore how leaders' aims can differ from participants and the value of checking expectations up front. There's talk about when to speak and when to listen, how meetings shape culture, and why some roles dominate discussions.
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Meeting Highs Can Mask Postmeeting Drop Off
- Meetings can create a collaborative high where ideas and consensus form quickly.
- Tim warns that this excitement often leads to overcommitment and planning that fades after the meeting, leaving no action taken.
Leave Meetings With Manageable Actions
- As a meeting leader, aim to leave with fewer or more manageable tasks than you started with.
- Tim describes deliberately pulling back overenthusiastic plans to avoid becoming overloaded with follow-ups.
Leaders And Participants Hold Different Meeting Expectations
- Leaders and team members often have different expectations of a meeting's outcome.
- Pilar notes leaders may want fewer actions while team members expect clarity on new tasks or decisions.