by Larry Dressler | Nov 26, 2024 | On My Mind
People don’t hate meetings because they are inherently horrible. They hate meetings that are poorly led – especially when it comes to tolerating problematic behavior. I define “problem behavior” as a pattern of participation, often unconscious and habitual, that...
by Larry Dressler | Dec 21, 2023 | On My Mind
How many times have you found yourself sitting in a meeting and silently asking: “What the hell am I doing here?” “Does ‘this’ actually justify being in a room together?” Maybe it’s a standing weekly meeting that no longer serves its original purpose. Or, a promised...
by Larry Dressler | Dec 8, 2023 | On My Mind
I’m not sure I need to convince you that there is an endemic dysfunction afflicting our workplaces – terrible meetings. Regardless of whether they are virtual or in-person, meetings can be really bad for a variety of reasons: Meetings aren’t taken seriously. People...
by Larry Dressler | Oct 13, 2022 | On My Mind
Many of us work in organizations with high-achievement cultures and are ourselves driven by achieving meaningful goals. However, there is a shadow-side to the high-achievement mindset: First, it often focuses on perceived deficits – where did we fall short? Second,...
by Larry Dressler | Sep 23, 2022 | In My Tool Bag
A strategic vision is meant to articulate the preferred future of your organization. But visions are too often written as broad, idealistic statements that don’t explicitly convey change. So, several years ago I developed a tool called the “Change Trajectory Chart”....
