75. Maintain Control During Your Meetings
Any star in the role of meeting leader is distinguished by an ability to control the proceedings. If you lead by overcontrolling, attendees will view you as overbearing—as someone who wants to get a point across without any regard for your coworkers’ input. If you lead by undercontrolling, attendees will view you as weak. Knowing how much control to maintain is one of the most important components of running a successful meeting. You need to determine how much control to maintain, as this differs for different types of meetings.
Performance Prompts
When planning a meeting, decide how you are going to control the conversation and discussion, questions, suggestions and ideas, moving through the agenda, ...
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