So I have a confession, I believe, I can do any meeting in under 15 minutes (This was considered unheard of when I worked in Italy)! Yes sometimes you need longer to work through particular ideas and strategies but these are working sessions and should not be confused with a meeting.
Meetings are for making decisions, agreeing plans which is followed by the detail and implementation. "Real work" can be carried out after the meeting. A friend recently told me about a particularly stressful launch, which had gone wrong, the team implemented daily meetings, however no detail was allowed to be exchanged during this meeting. If anyone got into detail they were told to go and discuss it with the relevant people and report back with the conclusion. Facts and plans were dealt with in the meeting, now how.
The key is to know what you are trying to find out during a meeting and stick to it. Everyone should be able to give a answer quickly and succinctly even if it is "I don't know, need to speak to x". Then the next meeting you can review again with the answers, so you can make decisions.
I am a sticker for it at 5xThinking, we have to much to do for our clients so can't spend hours meeting and discussing.
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