24. Owning your responsibility in meetings
Translated from the French original.
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I stumbled once again upon a lovely article by an entrepreneur, Ray DALIO, the CEO of the investment fund Bridgewater.
9 common sense rules for getting the most out of meetings
The first recommendation, of the nine the author offers, concerns meeting leadership.
Who should run the meeting?
His answer is full of common sense.
In his view, a meeting exists to serve one person’s need.
It’s only logical, then, that running the meeting should fall to that person.
A fine way of telling whoever calls the meeting that they are taking on the responsibility of making the best possible use of the participants’ time.
Steven ROGELBERG recommends behaving like a “steward” — which we might translate as a host.
I wholeheartedly support this idea.
This rule can also apply to a multi-topic meeting.
It’s up to each topic owner to facilitate their own item.
And in doing so, to allow the boss, if they’re in the room, to step back and give their team member or colleague the opportunity to “sell” their ideas and develop their leadership.
You call a meeting, or you bring a topic to one.
Keep in mind what the participants expect of you.
I’ve agreed to give you a little of my time.
Know that I’m counting on you to make good use of it
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