Well-run meetings allow you and your team to clarify issues, set direction and move objectives forward. Yet, meetings are seldom planned or executed well. Paul Axtell says it’s time to rethink whether you should even lead your own meetings.
Source: Harvard Business Review, December 23, 2016.
Letting other people lead meetings has three key benefits:
- Development of your staff
- Ensures critical conversations are managed effectively
- Gives leaders time to listen, reflect, and focus their input
INSIGHTS: When you decide to turn over a meeting to someone, explain your rationale to the group. Your team should know that skillfully convening and leading group conversations is an important competency, and that your expectation is to always have constructive, useful meetings.