Today I’m launching a short and sweet eNews, Your Weekly Staff Meeting. It’s all about The Meetings Bucket—and each eNewsletter will include one of my 99 “take-home” ideas from the Management Buckets Workshop Experience.
Issue No. 1 of Your Weekly Staff Meeting
Boring! Waste of time! Starts late, ends late! Yikes! Weekly staff meetings are rated right up there with dental appointments and mission statement brainstorming meetings. Your Weekly Staff Meeting eNews will change all that. Use this resource to add fun, interest and lifelong learning to your weekly department meetings or staff meetings. Enjoy!
WHY BUSINESS THINKING IS NOT THE ANSWER!
Help Your Team Understand the Difference Between Greatness and "Business-like"
"The moment you think of yourself as great, your slide toward mediocrity will have begun" says Jim Collins in his easy-to-read 35-page booklet, Good to Great and the Social Sectors. Your team will appreciate his insights on how a nonprofit or church measures results.
"All data is flawed," writes Collins. "It doesn't really matter whether you can quantify your results. What matters is that you rigorously assemble evidence--quantitative or qualitative--to track your progress."
Your Weekly Staff Meeting Questions:
1. Where are we on a scale of "mediocre" to "great?"
2. How rigorously do we assemble evidence to document our results?
3. What assignment should we make today as a result of this discussion?
Visit Jim Collin's website at www.JimCollins.com.
ARE YOU A READER OR A LISTENER?
Insights from the Management Buckets Workshop Experience
Peter Drucker said that you're either a reader or a listener. Ditto for your staff members. The most eloquent memo will go unread by the "listeners." And your latest verbal affirmation may be missed by the "readers." Does your corporate culture balance out the needs of both readers and listeners?
In our Management Buckets workshop experience, we talk about how to bless both the listeners and the readers on your staff team.
Your Weekly Staff Meeting Questions:
1. Is your boss (or board chair) a reader or a listener?
2. Are your direct reports readers or listeners?
3. In light of this, what needs to change this week?
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