Part 6. Using a Mullet Meetings approach to improve meetings.
You have an agenda, the right people have contributed to it. There’s a point to the meeting and you are piloting the session to avoid chaos. But the clock is ticking and you’re about to go over time.
Issue 6: Runs over time
You are constantly fighting the clock, running over allocated time. This leaves people feeling rushed and irritated. Why can’t you stick to time?
Going with the flow
You don’t want to cut anyone off or miss anyone’s contribution. It’s true that seeing where an interesting conversation goes is important, and sometimes you won’t want to interrupt the flow.
You therefore have to make a call. Follow this line of conversation and reconvene on the other agenda items, or pause the topic and reconvene on that. You can’t do both.
Eyes too big for our belly
You’re too ambitious. You think you’ll accomplish more than is feasible in the time allocated. You pack an agenda because you struggle to get everyone together and have a lot to cover. The problem is you then rush through items that deserve more time.
Instead of tabling everything on the agenda, get to your priorities and then tell people what you will be sharing after the meeting via email.
Now that you know how to avoid running over time, you definitely have no excuse for one of the biggest meeting frustrations of all: no accountability. That’s next.
P.S. Introverts tend to think slowly and will tend to stumble or close down if they're rushed.
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