‘Meetings’ Archives
Learning To Be Effective – comments on Kelley’s How To Be a Star At Work
Learning to be an effective manager is almost entirely a self-guided learning enterprise. Almost no business schools even approach the topic despite the hundreds of courses they offer on almost every functional aspect of management ((see Henry Mintzberg, Managers Not MBAs: A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of Managing and Management Development, [...]
Why Should You Develop a Business Plan for Going Concern, How to Do It, and How Do You Convert the Plan Into Action?
Why Should You Develop a Business Plan? For every startup the development of a business plan is a required first step. It is so obvious - business schools have course on writing the business plan and it is impossible to get funding without one. Teams coalesce around the labor. So, every startup has a business plan. For the going concern, [...]
Meetings – The Drama Model
Third in a series on meetings. Think of meetings as dramas. Meetings should follow the basic shape of almost all dramas and movies. Act One sets the scene and hooks us into the action, introduces the characters, tells us what the drama is about, provides us with all of the information that allows us to participate. The Act Two is conflict. [...]
Meetings – First – Don’t Have Them
Second in a series on meetings: No matter where you are in the food chain, meetings are critical to success as a manager. It is important to know how to initiate, lead, and participate in meetings. This series of Management Notes on meetings addresses some basic concepts and skills. First things first - most meetings should not take place. Any [...]
Meetings – Understanding The Shapes and Roles
First in a series. No matter where you are in the food chain, meetings are critical to success as a manager. It is important to know how to initiate, lead, and participate in meetings. This series of Management Notes on meetings addresses some basic concepts and skills. But, first, lets start with some discussion of exactly what a meeting is and [...]
