When various personalities come together in a meeting, it can be hard to get anything done. Quartz broke down how to focus office workers in order to have a more productive meeting.
- The talker, who tunes out as soon as it's someone else's turn to speak.
- The naysayer, who deflates each person's idea.
- The suckup, who only says what others want to hear.
- The storyteller, who tells long meandering stories that derail the meeting.
- The wallflower, who has good ideas but is afraid to share them.
Assign each person on your team a role, as a critic, member or and observer, in order to take them out of their comfort zones and change up the dynamics of the meeting.
- Members debate, and effectively own the meeting.
- Critics offer feedback.
- Observers must sit back and reflect.
Source: Quartz
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