Meetings that work energize talent.
Principal #1 of meetings. Meetings give the illusion that something got done.
“… one either meets or one works. One can not do both at the same time.” Peter Drucker
Here are 4 ways to run meetings that work.
Highly talented people think differently. They offend the status quo.
Don’t tell irritating geniuses to tone it down. Encourage eagles to soar and lions to roar.
You can’t be great and hold down irritating genius at the same time.
Learn to maximize irritating genius.
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Details overwhelm you when you lose sight of the big picture. Perspective enables you to reject urgent trivialities.
You’re lost in the weeds when you rush from one issue to the next. Chaos and fatigue prevail when busyness obscures the big picture.
Energize your leadership by rising above individual situations.
Sincere managers unintentionally take responsibility for other people’s jobs.
People get dumb and weak when you solve problems for them. Being the answer-manager builds your ego and weakens your team.
Stop pressuring yourself to solve everyone’s problems.
Leaders are irresponsible when they do other people’s jobs for them.
Some anxiety is destructive. Other forms of anxiety improve life.
Anxiety means you care, but caring can become destructive.
Destructive concern loves to remind you of things you can’t do.
Begin by answering anxiety with gratitude. The best expression of gratitude is being thankful for opportunities to serve.
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