Though these guides are well meaning, they completely misread the inadvertent outcome of meetings. Even a perfectly planned meeting has a number of other effects beside resolving the stated agenda.
When and how people are invited and declined, who attends, who engages, how people engage are all signals gleaned from a meeting.
Think of how many times someone felt jilted by not being invited, called on, not responded to -- etc -- during a meeting.
If you consider yourself hyper rational and business focused, you have to account for the personal dynamics occurring before, during & after a meeting.
You ever wonder why everyone "hates" meetings, yet they still invest in them? Even being cynical or dismissive is a form of attention.
Meetings are like money in that people are interested even though they say otherwise.
Some people get their vitamin people from meetings. They may live alone and not know anyone locally. They may want to feel more personal connection. I don’t usually feel that way myself but sometimes it does help with loneliness oddly enough.
When and how people are invited and declined, who attends, who engages, how people engage are all signals gleaned from a meeting.
Think of how many times someone felt jilted by not being invited, called on, not responded to -- etc -- during a meeting.
If you consider yourself hyper rational and business focused, you have to account for the personal dynamics occurring before, during & after a meeting.
You ever wonder why everyone "hates" meetings, yet they still invest in them? Even being cynical or dismissive is a form of attention.
Meetings are like money in that people are interested even though they say otherwise.