meetings
DESCRIPTION
Based on David Allen's 5 reasons to meet...a little diagnostic presentation you can use to frame a change around regularly scheduled meetings that are missing the mark.TRANSCRIPT
Meetings
Waste of time or essential communication vehicle?
Communication: process that allows exchange information of by several methods
Methods of communication
Conversation
Written
Visual
Auditory
What method of communication is best for your environment?
5 Reasons to meet….
1) Give Information
Is this the best way to give information?
Consider…
Attendance
2) Get information
Is this the best way to get it?
3) Develop Options
How often is everyone’s opinion needed to develop
options?
4) Make Decisions
Are the people at the meeting the ones accountable for
making the decision?
5) Warm magical human contact
Does this meeting serve this purpose?
One of the worst reasons to meet….
Regularly Scheduled Meeting
Do we need to meet?
Challenge: getting balance between wasting time and
keeping informed
3 Options
1. Continue with status quo- this is working well!
2. Improve regular meetings
•Improve topic screening
•Include clarity on reason to meet
•Facilitated dialogue
3. Dissolve these meetings
•Replace with quarterly strategy update/team building meeting