Leadership and Ess You See Kay Ess
"Sucks" is one of those words that I still struggle with. My parents considered it a 'bad' word, just like the rest of the George Carlin words.
Today, I am unsure how I feel about it. I do not like it when my kids use it, and I attempt to use it very sparingly in my training sessions so that I do not offend anyone.
But here is the truth.
Meetings suck!
They really do. They don't stink. They don't offend. They don't annoy.
They just downright suck...
This was validated for me this weekend as I read Patrick Lencioni's book Death by Meetings . It follows the typical Lencioni model of a leadership fable followed by the applicable model.
I finished this book in 2.5 hours on Saturday, because I identified with it.
If you are a leader, PLEASE read this book and implement its ideas. But just to tide you over, here are a few more ideas that will assist you. I am not quoting from any website or any book - these are right from the mind of Pete...
1. Don't have a recurring meeting unless you are in the middle of a project.
2. When the project is over, please kill the meeting.
3. There are other ways to communicate besides meeting. Please use e-mail, phone, and drop-in's to communicate with me as well.
4. Keep having meetings! They ARE useful. The networking, brainstorming and team-building that happens in meetings is essential to a successful business.
Leaders who run good meetings are good leaders.
Those leaders who don't, suck.
Today, I am unsure how I feel about it. I do not like it when my kids use it, and I attempt to use it very sparingly in my training sessions so that I do not offend anyone.
But here is the truth.
Meetings suck!
They really do. They don't stink. They don't offend. They don't annoy.
They just downright suck...
This was validated for me this weekend as I read Patrick Lencioni's book Death by Meetings . It follows the typical Lencioni model of a leadership fable followed by the applicable model.
I finished this book in 2.5 hours on Saturday, because I identified with it.
If you are a leader, PLEASE read this book and implement its ideas. But just to tide you over, here are a few more ideas that will assist you. I am not quoting from any website or any book - these are right from the mind of Pete...
1. Don't have a recurring meeting unless you are in the middle of a project.
2. When the project is over, please kill the meeting.
3. There are other ways to communicate besides meeting. Please use e-mail, phone, and drop-in's to communicate with me as well.
4. Keep having meetings! They ARE useful. The networking, brainstorming and team-building that happens in meetings is essential to a successful business.
Leaders who run good meetings are good leaders.
Those leaders who don't, suck.
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