Handle meeting pun kene ada skill la.
Di Uji dengan Mesyuarat ke laut!!
yes, tak dinafikan perasaan yang datang ni, rasa tak larat nak hadap. nak luah kat siapa pun tak mampu. kerana semua orang dah terima style tu sebahagian dari adat or norm kehidupan mereka.
penat bila dipaksa bekerja dengan perasaan tidak gembira dan terpaksa berpura-pura. Sedangkan people know me as a bold person. Bab perasaan, intro2 perkenalan memang tahap kene campak belakang, only kerja. straight forward. meeting pun macam tu, kalau meeting panjang dan kelaut. memang aku hangin.
Nak bergurau, nak melawak, share cerita ke. tu semua kat luar. ajak minum coffee then aku layan.
dalam meeting tolong la straight forward. aku dah duduk depan mata, dalam mesyuarat rasmi. Nak bagi arahan, tapi arahan tergantung. ayat yang bagi : soal masalah tu, kene tengok balik, bincang balik. nak bincang bila? nak tengok apa lagi? pro and cons semua dah bagi senarai solution pun dah ada. yang aku mintak kata putus je. susah sangat ke nak bagi, susah sangat ke faham. meeting 2-3 jam. satu apa pun tak dapat kata putus.
aku tak kan pernah faham kenapa perlu meeting yang meleret kalau meeting sekadar melibatkan makluman bukan perbincangan.
sebagai apa pun kita, bab pertama nak kene hadam adalah pengurusan mesyuarat aka meeting management.
Meetings are unpopular because they take up time--usually that of many people. However, there are good meetings and there are bad meetings. Meetings can be an excellent use of time when they are well-run. Unfortunately, the converse is also true, and it seems that time-wasting, poorly run meetings are far too common.
This article describes 6 rules of meeting management that can help make meeting more productive and less frustrating. Each of the rules requires commitment from all participants.
Golden Rule #1: Run your meetings as you would have others run the meetings that you attend.
This is the most fundamental Golden Rule of Meeting Management. Running an effective meeting--or being a good meeting participant--is all about being considerate of others. All the other Golden Rules of meeting management flow from this principle.
Golden Rule #2: Be prepared and ensure that all the participants can be as well.
Distribute the meeting agenda a day before the meeting (earlier if there is a lot of advance reading or preparation to do) and make sure everyone has access to any relevant background materials.
Participants, of course, have the obligation of reviewing the agenda and background materials and arriving at the meeting prepared. If the meeting organizer has not provided adequate information about the objectives of the meeting, the participants should take the initiative to ask. No one should arrive at a meeting not knowing why they are there--and what is supposed to be accomplished.
If there is nothing to put on the agenda, the organizer should ask him/herself whether there really needs to be a meeting.
Golden Rule #3: Stick to a schedule.
Start the meeting on time and end it on time (or even early). Starting on time requires discipline by the organizer and the participants. Arriving late shows a lack of consideration for all those who were on time. But if all participants know that the organizer is going to start the meeting right on time, there is a much greater likelihood that everyone else will make the effort to be punctual.
Finishing in a timely manner is also crucial. If everyone agreed that the meeting would last an hour, the meeting should not run any longer than that. Keeping the agenda realistic is important, of course. Finally, if only 20 minutes are required to accomplish the meeting objectives, the meeting should end after only 20 minutes. It would be a waste of everyone's time to let it go on any longer than that.
The time at which the meeting is scheduled is also important. Scheduling regular meetings for inconvenient times (e.g. after the end of the official work day) can have a very negative impact on morale. Emergencies are a reality for most organizations and may necessitate meetings at odd times, but routine meetings should be scheduled at a time that is reasonably convenient for the participants.
Golden Rule #4: Stay on topic not stray from it.
Most groups have at least one person who tends to go off on a tangent or tell irrelevant* war stories during meetings. Whether this is the organizer or one of the participants, all meeting participants have the responsibility of gently guiding the meeting back to the substantive agenda items.
Golden Rule #5: Don't hold unnecessary meetings.
Carefully assess how often routine meetings really need to be held. For example, if you have daily staff meetings, how productive are they? Can they be held less frequently? Or, perhaps, can they be held standing up someplace and kept to a few minutes? Staff meetings are crucial vehicles for maintaining good communication in the office, but it is important to find the right balance between good communication and productive uses of time.
Golden Rule #6: Wrap up meetings with a clear statement of the next steps and who is to take them.
If any decisions were made at the meeting (even if the decision was to "study the issue more") the meeting organizer should clearly summarize what needs to be done and who is going to do it. If the organizer fails to do this, one of the participants should take the initiative to speak up and request clarification of the next steps. This is crucial. If the participants leave the meeting and no one is accountable for taking action on the decisions that were made, then the meeting will have been a waste of everyone's time.
These simple rules can go a long way in making meetings more productive. Implementing them is not always easy, as they require preparation and discipline, but doing so can make a huge difference to the productivity of your organization.
Plus less people will hate you as you call them for a meeting because they know you only call for a meeting for a necessary reasons and they know that they will get something from it.
yes, tak dinafikan perasaan yang datang ni, rasa tak larat nak hadap. nak luah kat siapa pun tak mampu. kerana semua orang dah terima style tu sebahagian dari adat or norm kehidupan mereka.
penat bila dipaksa bekerja dengan perasaan tidak gembira dan terpaksa berpura-pura. Sedangkan people know me as a bold person. Bab perasaan, intro2 perkenalan memang tahap kene campak belakang, only kerja. straight forward. meeting pun macam tu, kalau meeting panjang dan kelaut. memang aku hangin.
Nak bergurau, nak melawak, share cerita ke. tu semua kat luar. ajak minum coffee then aku layan.
dalam meeting tolong la straight forward. aku dah duduk depan mata, dalam mesyuarat rasmi. Nak bagi arahan, tapi arahan tergantung. ayat yang bagi : soal masalah tu, kene tengok balik, bincang balik. nak bincang bila? nak tengok apa lagi? pro and cons semua dah bagi senarai solution pun dah ada. yang aku mintak kata putus je. susah sangat ke nak bagi, susah sangat ke faham. meeting 2-3 jam. satu apa pun tak dapat kata putus.
aku tak kan pernah faham kenapa perlu meeting yang meleret kalau meeting sekadar melibatkan makluman bukan perbincangan.
sebagai apa pun kita, bab pertama nak kene hadam adalah pengurusan mesyuarat aka meeting management.
Meetings are unpopular because they take up time--usually that of many people. However, there are good meetings and there are bad meetings. Meetings can be an excellent use of time when they are well-run. Unfortunately, the converse is also true, and it seems that time-wasting, poorly run meetings are far too common.
This article describes 6 rules of meeting management that can help make meeting more productive and less frustrating. Each of the rules requires commitment from all participants.
Golden Rule #1: Run your meetings as you would have others run the meetings that you attend.
This is the most fundamental Golden Rule of Meeting Management. Running an effective meeting--or being a good meeting participant--is all about being considerate of others. All the other Golden Rules of meeting management flow from this principle.
Golden Rule #2: Be prepared and ensure that all the participants can be as well.
Distribute the meeting agenda a day before the meeting (earlier if there is a lot of advance reading or preparation to do) and make sure everyone has access to any relevant background materials.
Participants, of course, have the obligation of reviewing the agenda and background materials and arriving at the meeting prepared. If the meeting organizer has not provided adequate information about the objectives of the meeting, the participants should take the initiative to ask. No one should arrive at a meeting not knowing why they are there--and what is supposed to be accomplished.
If there is nothing to put on the agenda, the organizer should ask him/herself whether there really needs to be a meeting.
Golden Rule #3: Stick to a schedule.
Start the meeting on time and end it on time (or even early). Starting on time requires discipline by the organizer and the participants. Arriving late shows a lack of consideration for all those who were on time. But if all participants know that the organizer is going to start the meeting right on time, there is a much greater likelihood that everyone else will make the effort to be punctual.
Finishing in a timely manner is also crucial. If everyone agreed that the meeting would last an hour, the meeting should not run any longer than that. Keeping the agenda realistic is important, of course. Finally, if only 20 minutes are required to accomplish the meeting objectives, the meeting should end after only 20 minutes. It would be a waste of everyone's time to let it go on any longer than that.
The time at which the meeting is scheduled is also important. Scheduling regular meetings for inconvenient times (e.g. after the end of the official work day) can have a very negative impact on morale. Emergencies are a reality for most organizations and may necessitate meetings at odd times, but routine meetings should be scheduled at a time that is reasonably convenient for the participants.
Golden Rule #4: Stay on topic not stray from it.
Most groups have at least one person who tends to go off on a tangent or tell irrelevant* war stories during meetings. Whether this is the organizer or one of the participants, all meeting participants have the responsibility of gently guiding the meeting back to the substantive agenda items.
*Note: Not all storytelling is bad; storytelling can be very useful if it
is being used deliberately as a mentoring or teaching tool.But if keep repeating the same story, over and over and over again, how to think people will find it useful.
Golden Rule #5: Don't hold unnecessary meetings.
Carefully assess how often routine meetings really need to be held. For example, if you have daily staff meetings, how productive are they? Can they be held less frequently? Or, perhaps, can they be held standing up someplace and kept to a few minutes? Staff meetings are crucial vehicles for maintaining good communication in the office, but it is important to find the right balance between good communication and productive uses of time.
Golden Rule #6: Wrap up meetings with a clear statement of the next steps and who is to take them.
If any decisions were made at the meeting (even if the decision was to "study the issue more") the meeting organizer should clearly summarize what needs to be done and who is going to do it. If the organizer fails to do this, one of the participants should take the initiative to speak up and request clarification of the next steps. This is crucial. If the participants leave the meeting and no one is accountable for taking action on the decisions that were made, then the meeting will have been a waste of everyone's time.
These simple rules can go a long way in making meetings more productive. Implementing them is not always easy, as they require preparation and discipline, but doing so can make a huge difference to the productivity of your organization.
Plus less people will hate you as you call them for a meeting because they know you only call for a meeting for a necessary reasons and they know that they will get something from it.
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