by Dwayne Phillips People attend meetings. People make decisions in meetings. Two days later, people rarely agree on what they agreed on in the meeting. This doesn’t have to be the norm. I lived through one agonizing week a few years ago because notes were taken in a meeting, but they were not done visibly […]
That’s not What I Heard in the Meeting
November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Communication · Meetings
I Hate “Short” Meetings
July 16th, 2009 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I dislike most meetings as they are not a time to accomplish work but merely a time to socialize. The worst type of meeting is one that is going to be short. Short meetings waste more time and last longer than any other type of meeting. I dislike the majority of meetings. […]
Tags: Communication · Government · Meetings · Volunteer
A Lack of Urgency (Energy)
April 13th, 2009 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Most meetings are a waste of time and most meetings are conducted by educated, intelligent, and accomplished people. These contradictions fit when I realized that the people conducting the worthless meetings simply didn’t have the energy to make them worthwhile. I needed another tact besides sighing and suffering. I have sat in […]
Tags: Change · Management · Meetings