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06.10.05
Monsters
In Meetings - How To Manage Unproductive Behavior
 By
Steve Kaye
It happens easily. You're conducting a meeting and suddenly
a small side meeting starts. Then someone introduces an unrelated
issue. Someone else ridicules the new issue. Everyone laughs,
except the person who mentioned the idea. Then someone insults
the person who told the joke. Two people stand up and walk
out. Others complain that the meeting is a waste of time.
Now, what do you do?
And how do you prevent this sort of thing from happening?
Or what could you have done to stop it once it started?
Here are basic strategies for dealing with unproductive behavior
in meetings.
Respect other people.
Always treat others with respect, even if they are doing
things that seem wrong. Their "bad" behavior could
be based on many things, such as a lack of skill, a misunderstanding,
or a response to a threat. It could also be a simple mistake.
Or maybe they're expressing an indirect warning, complaint,
or cry of pain. If you respond with disrespect, such as with
a counterattack, you will make a bad situation worse. They
will either retreat, which means they stop contributing to
your meeting, or they will retaliate, which can escalate to
an argument that ruins your meeting.
Ask questions.
Use questions to find out what is really happening. For example,
when someone introduced a new issue, you could have responded
by saying, "That sounds interesting, and I wonder how
that relates to what we are working on." Notice that
this is a neutral, gentle question. It is not a trick question
like, "What are your trying to do, ruin my meeting?"
and it is not a command like, "Hey, stick to the topic."
Both of these (hostile) responses put the other person in
an awkward position, which is a form of disrespect.
Focus on the behavior.
Your goal is to hold an effective meeting -- not teach lessons.
If you attempt to punish people, through admonitions, ridicule,
or threats, you will make enemies. In the short term, that can
ruin the effectiveness of your meeting, and in the long term
it can ruin your career. So, when unproductive behavior appears
in your meeting, talk about the behavior. For example, if a
side conversation starts, you could say, "We seem to have
more than one meeting going on now, and that's preventing us
from working on the budget."
Apply diplomatic courage.
Leaders project strength and confidence; losers project negativity
and fear. Detach from the behavior that seems bothersome,
realizing it is simply something that the other person is
doing. Assume that there is no personal intent to damage you.
Just talk about what is happening and ask for what you want
to happen as shown in the above paragraph.
Show what you expect.
Be a model for effective meeting behavior. If it is your
meeting, or if you hold a leadership role in your organization,
realize that others regard you as the standard for their actions.
If you arrive on time for meetings, others will interpret
this to mean that they should come to your meetings on time.
If you make positive, appropriate contributions in meetings,
others will infer that this is what you expect from them.
Apply these strategies to make your meetings effective.
About the Author:
IAF Certified Professional Facilitator and author Steve Kaye
works with leaders who want to hold effective meeting. His innovative
workshops have informed and inspired people nationwide. His
facilitation produces results that people will support. Call
714-528-1300 or visit his web site for over 100 pages of valuable
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