Comments on: Meetings Don’t Make You Better http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2010/07/23/meetings-dont-make-you-better/ dream BIG. think BIGGER. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alvalyn Lundgren http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2010/07/23/meetings-dont-make-you-better/#comment-10692 Alvalyn Lundgren Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:12:45 +0000 http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/?p=5641#comment-10692 When meetings serve to expand our thinking or provide new information, it is useful. Strategy can happen during a meeting, as you say - getting everyone on a team involved and moving forward together. When they turn into complaint sessions or social hours, it's time to adjourn. I've recognized there are certain people I am eager to have a meeting with, and others I will do everything I can to avoid having a meeting with. And, when meetings involve food, they're usually more palatable. When meetings serve to expand our thinking or provide new information, it is useful. Strategy can happen during a meeting, as you say – getting everyone on a team involved and moving forward together.

When they turn into complaint sessions or social hours, it’s time to adjourn. I’ve recognized there are certain people I am eager to have a meeting with, and others I will do everything I can to avoid having a meeting with.

And, when meetings involve food, they’re usually more palatable.

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