The Most Effective Meetings

scottalanmiller

The most effective meetings are the ones that you don't have. - Quote (by me)

WLS-ITGuy

I hate having meetings just to have a meeting. I don't care that it is on the schedule, if there is nothing to talk about why are we having the meeting?

MrWright4hire

Although I understand where you both are coming from. The thing is that there is always something to talk about. I know you're expert in computing, but that isn't the only thing that keeps the wheels of a company oiled.

Based on business alone, there's a POV of:
How one is being effected psychologically
How one is being effected emotionally
How one is being effected physically
Where we at with our team energy
Team effort to work with one another
How to strengthen our weakness
Team building
Career enhancing

Strong men open up, weak men stay closed up, isolated and Fk up the progress of growth. Sometimes the issues aren't technical or what you can see with your eyes, but the ones you can sense via energy. Suicide rate for men has risen higher than ever before. 75% of it is work related. A person's outer appearance doesn't always represent their inner appearance.

All relationships are like a business. If you only focus on ONE aspect of the business, the other part of your business will crumble. Therefore, role call from every aspect...i.e...emotional, physical, psychological, socially, individually and as a team is very important. In the military, our motto was:
Mission
Men
and Self

As a team, we should all think about our mission and how we could help one another. As a leader, afterwards, you think about the men you're leading. And as a leader, once the top two tiers has been taken care of, you think about yourself.

So to say that there isn't anything to talk about is speaking with from an individual pov to brush off issues as a team or as an individual to deal with our person demons alone.

If you don't speak up, you can't complain when ish hit the fan and or you feel as if your world is crumbling all around you. People can't help you if you're breaking your neck to protect the silent killer aka your inner demons.

RojoLoco

Truth. I missed a meeting with some IBM reseller guys on Thursday. Why? Because when I accepted the Teams call invite, that was scheduled in my mind. Thursday morning they decide it's going to be at the office, which is an hour away. The first meeting with these guys was the same, me rushing to the office to deal with something that could have easily been a call.

RojoLoco

@MrWright4hire So you're an expert at talking about stuff then? That will definitely make you a strong candidate for starting IT positions. Definitely quote your post here to your new boss and coworkers.

EddieJennings

The quality and effectiveness of meetings varies greatly. For my environment, calls where we're brainstorming a problem or hashing out some details of how $the_thing should be approached tend to be the most effective. These meetings tend to be rare and usually result from trying to work on a problem over chat where it's determined voice and visual aids are going to be more effective for communication.

In my experience, majority of meetings are unfocused, which leads to everyone's time being wasted, or are meetings for announcements only without any need (or intention) for real-time collaboration -- the meeting that could've been an E-mail.

MrWright4hire

Mr. @RojoLoco, no I'm not an expert. I'm expressing my thoughts as you are. I think what I'm sharing stems from a place of:
Wisdom is similar to expert decision-making skills, but it's not the same as being an expert:

In fact:
Wisdom is the ability to use knowledge, experience, and judgment to make good decisions in complex and uncertain situations. It involves understanding how to regulate your feelings and motivations to achieve your goals.

Everyone is going through a transition in life...a new chapter. To some, this new chapter is a blessing and to others a fearful reality. A wake up call to pivot in life. With that said, the sanity, the emotional conflict and life burden of a team member is the business of a company. Men always say they're fine when they're not. It can affect their performance at work. Whomever is leading a meeting should include a roll call on everyone's health. Like I stated in my previous post...Mission, Men and then yourself. Whether you agree or not, I stand by it.

Isn't it funny how we may disagree about being there for someone until we're the someone that needs the help?