I doubt if the minutes of yesterday's board meeting will include:
- Specific identification of when board members began to beat a topic to death.
- A detailed list of the asides and rambling that consumed at least 20% of the meeting.
- Disclosure of important information that was not mentioned.
- A designation of which topics are rabbit holes.
- The number of times board members fantasized or took mental trips to Tahiti.
Nothing has ever commanded my respect more than someone's ability to run a good meeting. I'll never forget the first time I participated in a well run one. A VP named Keith kept things running, on topic, and when a tangent threatened to take over the meeting he calmly scheduled a side meeting to flesh it out without occupying the rest of the group.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even know such a thing was possible. I've tried to emulate his style ever since.
Daniel,
ReplyDeleteA well-run meeting is a thing of beauty.
Michael