Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business

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But consider that there are plenty of people out there who have a vested interest in the way we spend our money. I suppose in some respects, I am more likely to retain the info conveyed through narrative than I am if you simply gave me a list…but it does drag it out a bit.

Sometimes ad-hoc strategic meetings are also needed(the most important meeting that occurs in an organization). This important as the collective ideological back and forth as a team considers an issue from its multiple facets, each contributing their opinions and challenging each other is the crux of a successful meeting. One of the reasons why movies are interesting is that they're all based around conflict, and we need more conflict in meetings. While it is true that much of the time we currently spend in meetings is largely wasted, the solution is not to stop having meetings, but rather to make them better.It is useful for executives to step back and look at what is happening around them in a more comprehensive way so they can spot trends that individual nuggets of information might not make clear. Desperate to minimize wasted time, leaders decide that they will have one big staff meeting, either once a week or every other week. Meetings are boring because they lack drama or conflict (rather than mining for conflict most managers are focused on avoiding tensions and finishing meetings on time). Have you found yourself in a meeting thinking of all the things you could be doing instead of this meeting? The quality of a strategic discussion, and the decision that results from it, are improved greatly by a little preliminary work.

Monthly Strategic Meeting: The executives analyze, debate, and decide on critical issues that will fundamentally affect the team/business. With nearly 30 years in the field, Nancy is highly sought after as a versatile provider to many companies within a variety of industries. And I believe far more suffering is caused by failing to deal with an issue directly—and whispering about it in the hallways—than by putting it on the table and wrestling with it head on.It demonstrates that an executive team knows how to identify those rare strategic issues that deserve immediate attention even at the expense of the urgent but less important tactical concerns that surface every day.