Team Meetings

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This paper discusses five common problems that may occur regarding team meetings. The paper examines the issue of the leader of the team not being prepared or able to lead the meeting. The paper contends that a leader must be able to move the team into a position of collaboration, rather than just cooperation. The fact that team meetings can become a "clash of egos" is discussed. The paper presents the problem of teams that are poorly formed. The paper also explores the problem of meetings coming to an end without addressing everyone's issues.

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"One potential problem associated with running a team meeting is that the leader in charge of the team meeting, in charge of setting the agenda and moving the meeting along productively has not been trained, is ill-equipped in "people skills," or just has not done the homework. There may have been a "leader" who called the meeting together, but if he or she thinks the meeting will just "flow" without strong direction, a big mistake is being made, and time is being wasted.
"Leadership means setting an example," former Chrysler CEO Le Iacocca said; "when you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move." That is also the case in a team meeting. According to the Keller Williams Realty Agent Leadership Council Clinic (Keller Williams Realty, Inc., 2004), the leader of the team meeting's first and basic task is that she or he must have done the necessary homework in order to: a) define the problem to be approached and/or solved during the meeting; b) research and carefully present all available and pertinent information about the problem; c) determine what the criteria should be utilized in the process of approaching and solving the problem; d) have some possible solutions prepared, share them with the team, and solicit comments and additional solutions from the team; e) discuss and reach consensus as to which solutions meet the criteria which had earlier been spelled out."

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