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It's been a week of in-person meetings in wonderful places this week, and with some brilliant people.
So I'm feeling energised at the moment - but meetings sometimes don't have that effect (particularly those back-to-back online ones).
Meetings are often the default means of collaboration -sometimes they're even the best way to collaborate. But not always!
1 helpful question
What's the purpose of this meeting and what's my role in it?
2 ideas
Emergency ideas from TED for how to stop the same people from doing all the talking and other strategies to keep your meetings on track. Includes an acronym for COPE-ing with meetings:
C - have a Captain for each meeting
O - articulate the Outcome for each meeting (in the agenda/meeting invite)
P - Process and Planning
E - Equal opportunity to speak
Even better: can you replace meeting with asynchronous decision-making?
Some practical tips with examples of decision docs and sample communications.
I'm starting to try this approach more explicitly in a volunteer-led organisation where everyone has busy lives and is giving up their time on top.
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A manager's ability to turn meetings into a thinking environment is probably an organisation's greatest asset. Nancy Kline in Time to Think (2002)
Meetings are often a hot topic in coaching for individuals and organisations. Contact me to book or find out more.
