Finding a New Way to Meet: Ten Pitfalls of Pitiful Meetings ... and How to Fix Them - Part II
Meetings can be important team-building and idea-generating opportunities for your employees. The key to meetings success, says author Kimberly Douglas, is knowing how to do them right.
[In Part I of this two-part series, Kimberly Douglas, author of The Firefly Effect: Build Teams That Capture Creativity and Catapult Results
(Wiley, 2009, $24.95), began sharing the 10 common meeting pitfalls and how you can fix them. She continues below in Part II, or read Part I of this article here.]
Big talkers eat up all the time.
Conflict kills productivity.
No one knows who's making the decisions.
The Firefly Effect
No decisions, commitments or next steps are captured.
No meeting evaluations are performed.
(Wiley, 2009, $24.95), began sharing the 10 common meeting pitfalls and how you can fix them. She continues below in Part II, or read Part I of this article here.]
Big talkers eat up all the time.
Conflict kills productivity.
No one knows who's making the decisions.
The Firefly Effect
No decisions, commitments or next steps are captured.
No meeting evaluations are performed.
- Progress. Are we achieving our goals?
- Pace. Are we moving too fast or too slowly?
- Process. Are we using the right tools/methods?
- Pulse. How is everyone feeling — frustrated, satisfied, energized?
