Earlier this year, I started observing the management meetings of some of my fastest-growing CEOs.
The companies they lead range from 50 to 500 employees — but each of the CEOs had similar concerns about their meetings:
- ‘They feel superficial’
- ‘My managers don’t engage or challenge each other enough’
- ‘I leave feeling anxious, with more questions than answers’
After each meeting, I played back my observations to the CEO, along with suggestions to improve engagement and effectiveness. Surprisingly, the same issues came up again and again.
Here are six of the most common opportunities that might apply to your management meetings.
Six opportunities to maximise the value of every meeting
1) Reduce the number of attendees (for depth)
As your company grows, it’s typical for your management meeting to grow with it. During my observations, I attended management meetings with up to 20 managers… and they were as unengaging as they sound (even the CEO agreed!).