Comments on: Nine Tips For Better Meetings http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/04/20/nine-tips-for-better-meetings/ Thoughts for leaders where new media meets public life. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ruth Hanessian http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/04/20/nine-tips-for-better-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Ruth Hanessian Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:53:40 +0000 http://blog.bradrourke.com/?p=628#comment-136 Can I come to one of your meetings? Can I come to one of your meetings?

]]> By: sutton http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/04/20/nine-tips-for-better-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-135 sutton Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:22:06 +0000 http://blog.bradrourke.com/?p=628#comment-135 "Put fewer items in than you think you can cover. Don’t make it long just because you think the items look lonely on the page." This is key. News flash to bosses/people who run things: most employees expect little of value from 95% of most meetings, for precisely the reason that so many people follow the opposite of this advice. Moving efficiently through two or three items and declaring the meeting over, rather than padding it out, will strike a lot of people as decisive, considerate of their time, and overall a mark of a confident leader. As you say, Brad, it will make them look forward to the next meeting (or at least not dread it as much). “Put fewer items in than you think you can cover. Don’t make it long just because you think the items look lonely on the page.”

This is key. News flash to bosses/people who run things: most employees expect little of value from 95% of most meetings, for precisely the reason that so many people follow the opposite of this advice. Moving efficiently through two or three items and declaring the meeting over, rather than padding it out, will strike a lot of people as decisive, considerate of their time, and overall a mark of a confident leader. As you say, Brad, it will make them look forward to the next meeting (or at least not dread it as much).

]]> By: Jacquie Kubin http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/04/20/nine-tips-for-better-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Jacquie Kubin Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:29:37 +0000 http://blog.bradrourke.com/?p=628#comment-134 Excellent document. I will share! Jacquie Excellent document. I will share! Jacquie

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