...A Meeting Goes off Track
Ilise Benun
Lesson Info
22. ...A Meeting Goes off Track
Lessons
Class Introduction
04:20 2...Others Need to Know What You’ve Accomplished
03:00 3...Someone Else Is Getting the Credit for Your Work
01:55 4...Your Boss Is Micromanaging Your Work
02:23 5...You’re Getting Too Much Work
02:15 6...It's Time for Your Annual Review
02:19 7...Your Project Has Missed Its Deadline
02:49 8...Your Boss Is Getting Too Personal
01:59...Co-Workers Are Distracting You from Your Work
02:17 10...Dealing with Co-Workers That Ask Too Many Favors
02:09 11...The Client Doesn’t like Your Work
01:37 12...Your Manager Doesn’t Totally Understand Your Work
01:57 13...There Is a Miscommunication
01:55 14...You Make a Mistake
02:12 15...A Client or Co-Worker Doesn’t Follow Through
02:08 16...You Won't Make Your Deadline
01:57 17...You’re Getting Mixed Messages
02:16 18...Dealing with Unresponsive Colleagues
02:19 19...A Co-Worker Talks Too Much During Meetings
01:50 20...You Think You Deserve a Raise
02:10 21...Networking with Strangers or VIPs
02:31 22...A Meeting Goes off Track
01:49 23...You Need to Leave a Meeting Before It Ends
01:23 24...You Arrive Late to a Meeting
01:33 25Conclusion
03:40Lesson Info
...A Meeting Goes off Track
What to say when a meeting goes off track and you're having trouble getting back into the discussion. So here's the situation. You are leading a meeting and one of your coworkers, a talker, starts telling a story that is only peripherally relevant and, clearly, very long. What to say? Here's what your thinking, but shouldn't say. "I really hate meetings." Here's the solution. If you're running the meeting, it is your job to moderate the participants without hurting anyone's feelings. Here's what you could say. Use curiosity. "These are all good discussion points. "Do you think we should set up another meeting "to dig deeper into these topics?" Or generosity. "So it's clear we have a lot more "to discuss than I had planned. "Thank you for bringing it to my attention. "Let's stick to the agenda we laid out "and figure out a time to pick this back up, "if everyone thinks we need it." Or humility. "I'm so sorry, I've gotten a little bit "lost in this conversation. "Where are we on the agen...
da?" Now, this could come off as passive-aggressive if not delivered well. And I think humor could work here too. "So the downside of working on a team "that gets along and likes to talk with each other "is that meetings easily sidetrack. "Not a terrible downside if you ask me, "but we do need to get back to the agenda." So here's the overarching idea. Don't sit passively waiting and hoping that person will figure out what's going on and wrap up. You're running the meeting and you do need to be able to moderate people and keep everything on track, but diplomatically, an especially important skill to develop if you want to grow. Make sense?
Ratings and Reviews
Karlie Jessop
Love the format of this course - it was so great to be able to select a specific situation, and then quickly learn a couple of approaches to each one.
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