Impact, 2nd Edition

Chapter 11

Speak up,

speak out –

making an

impact in

meetings

‘Look at every meeting as an

opportunity to fulfil your dream.’

Anon

M

eetings, meetings, meetings – sometimes it seems like all

you do is attend meetings.Well, that is probably true for

some of you. Others may be lucky and avoid the

maddening tedium that many of us experience when we attend

them.The business guru Kenneth Blanchard famously said, ‘Some

people refer to meetings as a place