Comments on: ★ Death by Meeting: Why meetings suck (the life out of you) http://www.toddhiestand.com/death-by-meeting-why-your-meetings-suck-the-life-out-of-you/03/ Field Notes on Bi-Vocational Church Leadership in Suburban America Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Todd Hiestand » Blog Archive » Church Leadership Meetings: Is There a Way Not to Hate Them? - Missional Living in Suburban America http://www.toddhiestand.com/death-by-meeting-why-your-meetings-suck-the-life-out-of-you/03/comment-page-1/#comment-41277 Todd Hiestand » Blog Archive » Church Leadership Meetings: Is There a Way Not to Hate Them? - Missional Living in Suburban America Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:18:22 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/death-by-meeting-why-your-meetings-suck-the-life-out-of-you/03/#comment-41277 [...] Meetings. We typically don’t like them. In fact, most of us hate them. This is true for many reasons. I’ve blogged about this before. [...] [...] Meetings. We typically don’t like them. In fact, most of us hate them. This is true for many reasons. I’ve blogged about this before. [...]

]]> By: Todd http://www.toddhiestand.com/death-by-meeting-why-your-meetings-suck-the-life-out-of-you/03/comment-page-1/#comment-41078 Todd Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:24:43 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/death-by-meeting-why-your-meetings-suck-the-life-out-of-you/03/#comment-41078 Brent, dude, you just stole my next blog post! dang! Brent, dude, you just stole my next blog post! dang!

]]> By: brent http://www.toddhiestand.com/death-by-meeting-why-your-meetings-suck-the-life-out-of-you/03/comment-page-1/#comment-41077 brent Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:00:12 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/death-by-meeting-why-your-meetings-suck-the-life-out-of-you/03/#comment-41077 Next recommendation... The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. It is also a quick read and laid out in the same parable style. Here are the dysfunctions: 1) Absence of trust 2) Fear of conflict 3) Lack of commitment 4) Avoidance of accountability 5) Inattention to results Next recommendation… The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. It is also a quick read and laid out in the same parable style. Here are the dysfunctions:

1) Absence of trust
2) Fear of conflict
3) Lack of commitment
4) Avoidance of accountability
5) Inattention to results

]]> By: ed c http://www.toddhiestand.com/death-by-meeting-why-your-meetings-suck-the-life-out-of-you/03/comment-page-1/#comment-41076 ed c Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:48:04 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/death-by-meeting-why-your-meetings-suck-the-life-out-of-you/03/#comment-41076 I'm leading a group of nonprofits who meet monthly to discuss topics of interest and to work on collaborating together on common goals. It's not quite the same thing as your church because our mutual connection, the nonprofit world, is a bit broader than your ministry. However, I think you may be able to adapt something that we do. Since we represent so many different groups, we have initiated a time of collaboration where one group is selected prior to the meeting. The rep. from that group prepares a brief, 5-minute presentation on the organization and focuses in particular on its challenges. As the moderator I cut that part off and kick off the collaboration time where different nonprofit leaders from the group ask questions, share insights, and offer help. I cut it off at eight minutes and we move on to our main topic for the meeting, however I always emphasize that this time is a catalyst for further discussion. We're just pitching ideas and trying to stimulate additional discussion that can take place outside of the meeting time. Though committees can be an equally problematic affliction in addition to meetings, we're hoping that committees will form naturally without official assignments or mandates as a result of this process. You can view our group's web site at: http://nnnvt.wordpress.com. Just my $.02. I’m leading a group of nonprofits who meet monthly to discuss topics of interest and to work on collaborating together on common goals. It’s not quite the same thing as your church because our mutual connection, the nonprofit world, is a bit broader than your ministry.

However, I think you may be able to adapt something that we do. Since we represent so many different groups, we have initiated a time of collaboration where one group is selected prior to the meeting. The rep. from that group prepares a brief, 5-minute presentation on the organization and focuses in particular on its challenges. As the moderator I cut that part off and kick off the collaboration time where different nonprofit leaders from the group ask questions, share insights, and offer help. I cut it off at eight minutes and we move on to our main topic for the meeting, however I always emphasize that this time is a catalyst for further discussion. We’re just pitching ideas and trying to stimulate additional discussion that can take place outside of the meeting time.

Though committees can be an equally problematic affliction in addition to meetings, we’re hoping that committees will form naturally without official assignments or mandates as a result of this process. You can view our group’s web site at: http://nnnvt.wordpress.com.

Just my $.02.

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