After the meeting
The thing is … you don’t always get what you want.
The question is … what do you do about it.
Most of us will keep wriggling to…
Every meeting is full of lots of lovely discussion. We talk about the blues and the greens, the likes and the dislikes, the up and the downs, options A B and C. We gather opinions and harvest ideas. We share stories and poke around trying to find consensus and decisions.
Talk. Talk. Slide. Whiteboard. Talk. Coffee. Talk.
At some point, whether there’s a final decision or progress points, things come to a close.
Before the music stops and you run for more coffee … make sure you’ve nailed down, in public, shared and agreed answers to the essential questions.
What is agreed?
What is the decision?
What will we do to close the issue?
What are the actions and who will do what, by when?
Who do we need to bring into the circle after this meeting?
Skippy strategy: The point of the meeting … what happens after the meeting.
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Decisions
As people pleasers, we like to say Yes. This tendency to agree to give people what they want sometimes gets us in two kinds of trouble.
Saying…