Running Effective Meetings
The opportunity to coach the team as a whole takes place in meetings. Running an effective meeting requires clear purpose and structure.
Let’s look first at factors that block meeting effectiveness.
Blocks to Meeting Effectiveness
Here are some of the factors that can hinder the effectiveness of a team meeting:
1. Failing to set a clear goal for the meeting.
2. Permitting unbridled interruptions.
3. Too much participation.
4. Too little participation.
5. Not paying attention to what’s going on.
6. Ignoring some members of the team.
7. Arguing to win.
8. Personal accusations.
9. Keeping a hidden agenda.
The first step to holding effective meetings is to develop ground rules. Once developed, ground rules serve ...
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