The following is a short book preview about how to avoid nine common meeting mistakes contributed by the Ohio State University Leadership Center.
Meetings Matter: 8 Powerful Strategies for Remarkable Conversations
Paul Axtell, Corvallis, OR: Jackson Creek Press (2015)
- Speaking more often or longer than necessary.
- Providing more detail or examples than people need.
- Using humor that discounts the previous speaker or the conversation.
- Using nonverbal behavior that is distracting or suggests inattention.
- Being blunt to the point where people see you as uncivil.
- Not being willing to take on work between meetings.
- Resisting someone else’s comments rather than working to understand them.
- Not speaking up when the conversation is off track or unclear.
- Not treating the meeting as if it really matters (p.185).
Meetings Matter is available from the OSU Leadership Center.
Learn how the Ohio State University Leadership Center is inspiring others to take a leadership role that empowers the world at the OSU Leadership Center website.
