True leaders understand that aligning their team and communicating their message

Sep 17, 2020
8:29:36am

brazilcoug All-American

Is very important.

Your thought is somewhat shortsighted IMO. Is there such thing as too many meetings? Absolutely! But getting everyone aligned can be very productive long-term.

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So I just turned 50 and, notwithstanding the fact that I've now lived for

Doctor Rosenrosen

9/17/20 8:22am

It makes them feel important

wabluecoug

9/17/20 8:23am

Only those that crave power look forward to meetings

TarCoug

9/17/20 8:26am

True leaders understand that aligning their team and communicating their message

brazilcoug

9/17/20 8:29am

Herd mentality.

Stalwartbob

9/17/20 8:33am

If that’s what you want to call it. You could argue any organization/message is

brazilcoug

9/17/20 8:36am

Fair critique. Been reading The Story Brand recently and clarity and consistency

TarCoug

9/17/20 8:45am

Thanks, Mitch Matthews.

LaVellIfIKnow

9/17/20 9:49am

It's worse than that. I have been at the same company for 14 years. I swear I've

Agnostic-alumni

9/17/20 8:28am

I too have been at the same company for 14 years, and yes I agree that a lot of

brazilcoug

9/17/20 8:31am

It's not the idea of communicating good ideas it's the meeting itself

Agnostic-alumni

9/17/20 8:44am

RE: It's not the idea of communicating good ideas it's the meeting itself

5150man

9/17/20 9:15am

Oh man. Managing a group of physicians sounds like pure heck.

brazilcoug

9/17/20 9:19am

I run my own company. So I may not get extra vacation days but when I call a

Bruton Guster

9/17/20 9:17am

No doubt. And honestly no one tells me when to run meetings with my team. I set

brazilcoug

9/17/20 9:18am

Not just work. Also church, service groups, etc.

Florwood

9/17/20 8:30am

One of my sayings is that "organizations are like

Doctor Rosenrosen

9/17/20 8:34am

Never attended a priesthood leadership meeting where people wanted to be there.

MormonThug

9/17/20 8:35am

There was a time I really liked them.

Florwood

9/17/20 10:16am

I’ll never forget being in an all day missionary training about how shorter

Pepe

9/17/20 8:46am

Gets them a reason to procrastinate work they should be doing. Human nature.

MormonThug

9/17/20 8:33am

I felt the same for many years. Then one day the light turned on. Meetings are

DirtyWater

9/17/20 8:33am

I attended a meeting for my daughter's ballroom activity this year at school.

Cougarrr

9/17/20 8:35am

I hate meetings as well but I hate days long email chains that could be

Pepe

9/17/20 8:48am

Best manager I ever had...stand up meetings only, no longer than 45 minutes.

Nat Gas Man

9/17/20 8:53am

What’s a stand up meeting? Does everyone literally stand on their feet?

stenso

9/17/20 10:21am

yep

Nat Gas Man

9/17/20 10:23am

I wish more people would adopt this...even in the Church. One silver lining of

m0resn0w

9/17/20 12:41pm

When I was on the HC, it used to drive me crazy the guys who would just talk to

BR549

9/17/20 8:55am

two critical aspects of a quality meeting...

ordinary tri guy

9/17/20 9:23am

I liked this podcast on How to Make Meetings Less Terrible

UCLACoug

9/17/20 9:27am

Meetings

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