14. Talking less in meetings
Translated from the French original.
Satya NADELLA – CEO Microsoft
Another stimulating article published on INC, devoted to the good practices that Satya NADELLA, the head of Microsoft, insists upon for his meetings.
Microsoft’s CEO Knows How to Run a Meeting. Here’s How He Does It
Three simple precepts
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Listen more.
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Talk less.
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Be decisive when the time comes.
In other words
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Listen more.
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Speak less.
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Decide when it’s needed.
Once again, principles that are simple and within everyone’s reach.
You still have to put them into practice, individually and collectively!
Alongside them comes a recommendation for better weighing up whether to speak in a meeting.
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Does this need to be said?
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Does this need to be said by me?
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Does this need to be said by me, now?
Put another way
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Is it useful?
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Should I be the one to say it?
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Does it need saying now?
Another way of recalling the famous advice to “bite your tongue seven times before speaking”.
Perhaps this rings a bell?
Especially when you think of those moments in meetings when a participant recounts their personal experience, or the execution details of a task that hasn’t even been decided yet, or the detailed reasons why they won’t be able to attend the next team meeting.
Good meetings do exist.
At the price of a little discipline.
Especially from the boss … But from everyone else too.
Ecole Internationale de Réuniologie
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