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Process + product = successful meetings.
Holding an oxygen mask suspended from the ceiling airplane-style, the man at the head of the table said, "And should there be a sudden loss of consciousness during this meeting ..."
With that cartoon, Karen Showers opened her October 2004 WWHEL conference session titled "Is This a Meeting or a Therapy Session?" We've all been there, she said: rigid meetings with oxygen deprivation in the room.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Her next cartoon showed the other extreme, a meeting room in shambles. As the only two people still standing walk out the door together, one says, "That went well."
Too much structure or too little structure, too much or too little attention to feelings--how do you balance it all to lead an effective meeting? Showers is education director for counseling and student support in the Wisconsin Technical College System. With a degree in guidance and counseling and 17 years in higher education, she knows facilitating meetings takes a special set of skills.
1. Choose the team.
We can all decide things by ourselves, but sometimes we need multiple hands or perspectives. People together:
- 'TRUTH FROM THE TRENCHES'; TEAM MEMBERS SPEAK OUT
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 5, 2005 700+ words
...affected all of Isle's 1,150 team members on the Gulf Coast and the...Details will be communicated to team members as soon as an enrollment process has been established. The...announced payroll details for team members affected by the hurricane...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 16, 2005 700+ words
...It's also structured so Team Members can easily transfer credits...being expanded to include all Team Members who successfully complete GED...company. In an effort to make the process easier for Team Members, Tyson is also shifting management...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 28, 2003 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 6, 2000 700+ words
...grants to virtually all its 117,000 team members -- the second company-wide stock...work and accomplishments of all our team members and the important role they play in...operations, and welcomed thousands of new team members through mergers and new hires." Full...
- Wells Fargo Awards Company-Wide Stock Option Grants to Team Members For Second...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 6, 2000 700+ words
...grants to virtually all its 117,000 team members -- the second company-wide stock...work and accomplishments of all our team members and the important role they play in...operations, and welcomed thousands of new team members, including approximately 1,100 National...
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- Magazine article from: Units Preston, Gabriele February 1, 2006 700+ words
...spirited office environment. Ambitious team members thrive on improving through healthy...itself can be difficult to instill in team members. If a supervisor can articulate, model...camaraderie. They can be used to inspire team members to do something extraordinary. For...
- MERCEDES-BENZ SELECTS FIRST PRODUCTION TEAM MEMBERS FOR ALL-ACTIVITY VEHICLE...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 3, 1995 700+ words
...their employment process with a two-week...to provide the team members with basic automotive...occurring, to other team members at the Tuscaloosa...vehicle. The 20 team members were selected after...extensive application process which encompassed...