… everyone should be willing to defend their ideas and work from honest criticism. If a person has no ideas to defend, they shouldn’t be at the meeting.
Amen.
Focus has to permeate every aspect of a company, including meetings.
Double amen.
Start with small groups of smart people—and keep them small. Every time the body count goes higher, you’re simply inviting complexity to take a seat at the table.
Sound about right.
Q. During meetings, you like to take notes on your tablet, smartphone or laptop. Is that acceptable?
A. “As soon as you take the device out, tell the other attendees, ‘I use my iPad or phone to take notes.’ That way, no one will question if you’re paying attention,” he says.
We were talking about this just the other day. Will giving folks a heads up enough? And also, does typing notes on an iPad seemingly less annoying than an iPhone?
These three would go a long way:
- Making the meeting start right on time.
- Scheduling meetings so that they don’t end when Outlook says they should, but so that they end when they need to.
- Ensuring that every meeting has a clearly defined purpose, and accomplishes that purpose, then ends.
