Talking, Listening, and Meeting
/via http://www.savagechickens.com/ Meetings suck, right? I mean, sitting in that room, while Bob (•) drones on and on and on , and you wish you were somewhere else, anywhere else, maybe even judging the Fingernails On Chalkboard contest, and it’s been 30 minutes and Bob is still going … It doesn’t have to be this way. More to the point, if you have any agency, you can make sure that it isn’t this way. Everyone Talks Look around the table, and pay attention to the distribution of the conversation. Check out who hogs the spotlight (Bob!), who rarely talks, and who has checked out. The key point here is that you want everybody to have a voice, to participate, to be part of the team. Give the quiet ones a voice, and make sure that the inveterate talkers, well, don’t (if necessary, have a word with them before the meeting). Your aim in all of this is to enable a free flow, to have everyone participate, be involved, par...