I am very excited to share that I have tried the request to shorten a few meetings this week, and it was well received! Brilliant! I chuckled at myself while reading this and thought, “Wait? What?You can ask for a shorter meeting?! That’s a thing?!” 🤯 Giving other people the ‘gift of time’ makes me happy. Thanks Loleen
Love this. One thing I've noticed in the past year is that some in charge of meetings are leaving early or joining late, but those with lower status are expected to fill the gaps by working during the meeting. The above tips help for advocacy, but the double standard is fairly obvious.
Thanks for the feedback on the idea. Ideally shorter meetings would mean that no one needs to leave early or join late, which would hopefully remove a sense of double standard. This may be optimistic of me...
Great ideas! A somewhat related version of this that I follow is scheduling short meetings in blocks, so I face a penalty for going over time. Not so smart if you have hours of meetings in a row, but good for two or three quick meetings at the end of a day.
Thanks, Scott! It sounds like a motivational approach that works for you. And end of the day meetings are often perfect for keeping everyone motivated to stay focused!
I am very excited to share that I have tried the request to shorten a few meetings this week, and it was well received! Brilliant! I chuckled at myself while reading this and thought, “Wait? What?You can ask for a shorter meeting?! That’s a thing?!” 🤯 Giving other people the ‘gift of time’ makes me happy. Thanks Loleen
I am so glad it worked for you, LaVina! Please share the newsletter and maybe we can make shorter meetings a more common practice. :-)
Love this. One thing I've noticed in the past year is that some in charge of meetings are leaving early or joining late, but those with lower status are expected to fill the gaps by working during the meeting. The above tips help for advocacy, but the double standard is fairly obvious.
Thanks for the feedback on the idea. Ideally shorter meetings would mean that no one needs to leave early or join late, which would hopefully remove a sense of double standard. This may be optimistic of me...
Great ideas! A somewhat related version of this that I follow is scheduling short meetings in blocks, so I face a penalty for going over time. Not so smart if you have hours of meetings in a row, but good for two or three quick meetings at the end of a day.
Thanks, Scott! It sounds like a motivational approach that works for you. And end of the day meetings are often perfect for keeping everyone motivated to stay focused!