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There are many ways a meeting can go wrong if they aren’t well guided — they can veer off topic, they can go in circles, they can repeat points that have already been addressed and resolved.
Sometimes they need a firm hand that says, “This discussion is over, we are moving on in the agenda.”
But that can be tricky. You have to be firm, but diplomatic, so that you avoid creating resentments. It gets even trickier on Zoom, where you don’t have the same kind of body language an in-person meeting affords.
On this edition of Quick Hits, I discussed this topic with three great minds who have a lot of experience running meetings:
Business consultant Chuck Groot shared that “One thing I’ve done in the past is just interject a little question here or there just to spark it. Not overtly take over the meeting, but help the person out.”
Transformation Expert Sara Oblak Speicher recalled meeting “that would be scheduled five minutes before 5 o’clock. And by the time it was over, I was like ‘This was an email. Not a meeting.’”
And entrepreneur Dr. Mohan Ananda advised to “at the end of the meeting, always ask, what are the real action items out of this meeting? So that we have certain things to follow up.”
How do you handle a poorly facilitated meeting? (Other than muting or leaving it)
Connect with the panelists:Sara Oblak Speicher, MBA: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraospeicher/ Chuck Groot: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-groot-b5763b25/
Dr. Mohan Ananda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohanananda/
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/
Want a summary of the Quick Hits I post every week, plus the links to the LinkedIn pages of each of the panelist to show up in your in-box every week? Just let me know where to send it: https://drrobynodegaard.com/quick-hits-notifications/
#QuickHits are designed to exercise your brain by letting you listen in on an unscripted conversation to get other people's thoughts on pertinent subjects. If you would like to join a conversation or have a topic you would like to hear discussed, please message me. https://www.DrRobynOdegaard.com
#Meetings #Leadership #facilitation
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By DrRobynThere are many ways a meeting can go wrong if they aren’t well guided — they can veer off topic, they can go in circles, they can repeat points that have already been addressed and resolved.
Sometimes they need a firm hand that says, “This discussion is over, we are moving on in the agenda.”
But that can be tricky. You have to be firm, but diplomatic, so that you avoid creating resentments. It gets even trickier on Zoom, where you don’t have the same kind of body language an in-person meeting affords.
On this edition of Quick Hits, I discussed this topic with three great minds who have a lot of experience running meetings:
Business consultant Chuck Groot shared that “One thing I’ve done in the past is just interject a little question here or there just to spark it. Not overtly take over the meeting, but help the person out.”
Transformation Expert Sara Oblak Speicher recalled meeting “that would be scheduled five minutes before 5 o’clock. And by the time it was over, I was like ‘This was an email. Not a meeting.’”
And entrepreneur Dr. Mohan Ananda advised to “at the end of the meeting, always ask, what are the real action items out of this meeting? So that we have certain things to follow up.”
How do you handle a poorly facilitated meeting? (Other than muting or leaving it)
Connect with the panelists:Sara Oblak Speicher, MBA: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraospeicher/ Chuck Groot: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-groot-b5763b25/
Dr. Mohan Ananda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohanananda/
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/
Want a summary of the Quick Hits I post every week, plus the links to the LinkedIn pages of each of the panelist to show up in your in-box every week? Just let me know where to send it: https://drrobynodegaard.com/quick-hits-notifications/
#QuickHits are designed to exercise your brain by letting you listen in on an unscripted conversation to get other people's thoughts on pertinent subjects. If you would like to join a conversation or have a topic you would like to hear discussed, please message me. https://www.DrRobynOdegaard.com
#Meetings #Leadership #facilitation