{"id":1312,"date":"2013-02-07T04:39:54","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T09:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facilitativeleadership.wordpress.com\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:01:39","slug":"meeting-competence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/meeting-competence\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Tips Proven to Increase Meeting Competence and Output Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Without effective leadership, you can win the agenda but lose the meeting. Meeting competence demands that you take responsibility to prevent collective incompetence.<\/h2>\n

For example, do not allow ‘showboating’ and meetings within meetings. Additionally, consider the following suggestions to improve meeting competence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meeting Competence Considers . . .<\/span><\/h4>\n
\"9

Meeting Competence Derives from the Discipline<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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  1. Acronyms and BuzzWords<\/strong>\u2014Create a visual legend for cryptic terms. Participants assume that others understand everything they say. We may\u00a0not but we do need a facilitator to help validate acronyms and buzzwords.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Competition<\/strong>\u2014do not allow participants to play political games. Keep them focused on the deliverable of each question, agenda item, and meeting result.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Different Agendas<\/strong>\u2014Ensure participants that you know where you are and where you are going and do not permit competing agendas that cause scope creep and meetings that go out of control.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Distractions<\/strong>\u2014The guiding principle for every facilitator is to remove distractions so that the group can focus on the issue at hand. Distractions range from creature comfort (e.g., temperature) to cultural (e.g., electronic leashes such as smartphones).<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Impotent\u00a0Members<\/strong>\u2014Many meetings involve people who are brought in to observe, rather than contribute. If so, separate them physically by seating them in the back or around the perimeter.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Miscommunications<\/strong>\u2014listen, observe, clarify, and confirm. Need we say more?<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Outside Pressures<\/strong>\u2014Get to know your participants and some of the issues that drive their thinking and behavior. Complete your assessment before the meeting begins. You cannot conduct personality profiling during a meeting and be an effective listener at the same time.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Personal Feelings<\/strong>\u2014As a neutral facilitator, depersonalize issues that arise and have others focus on performance, not the people.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Triviality<\/strong>\u2014Do not allow your participants to dive too deep into the weeds and talk about HOW when most discussions should focus on WHAT needs to be different. If strategic issues (i.e., WHY) arise, set them aside for a different forum.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Meeting Competence May Demand that Less is Better<\/span><\/h3>\n

    With meetings, less can be more. Holding unnecessary meetings can undermine your reputation. Do not confuse or substitute meetings for work. As a meeting participant, never attend to yourself without knowing what you want to accomplish during the meeting and what you need to take out of it. As we say repeatedly and illustrate as the title of the MG RUSH <\/i>meeting competence holarchy, know what \u201cDONE\u201d looks like. Your meeting competence will follow.<\/span><\/p>\n

    ______<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

    Don\u2019t ruin your career by hosting bad meetings<\/a>. Sign up for a workshop<\/a> or send this to someone who should. MGRUSH<\/span><\/a><\/em> workshops focus on meeting design and practice. Each person practices tools, methods, and activities every day during the week. Therefore, while some call this immersion, we call it the road to building high-value facilitation skills.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Without effective leadership, you can win the agenda but lose the meeting. Meeting competence demands that you take responsibility to prevent collective incompetence. For example, do not allow ‘showboating’ and meetings within meetings. Additionally, consider the following suggestions to improve meeting competence. Meeting Competence Considers . . . 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