Lets have a meeting!

March 8, 2010. Effective Meeting by Miss Suzelina and Miss Iris Madona. 

Having meetings may be the most common (and frequent) activity people will have to do throughout their career. While people may be disgusted by the idea of staying back late for meetings, it is crucial to have meetings to solve problems, brainstorm ideas, have concrete discussion or team evaluation prior to any activity or project the company has in hand.

We had a great session of mock meeting, how the meeting has to be handled in order to be valid and how to conduct an effective meeting where everybody participates, not just the tired boss in front of the table with 6-7 men around him all half-asleep while the boss is blabbering all the way through the 2 hour bootcamp meeting.

The idea here is to participate by listening attentively, giving ideas and voicing out opinions. Effective meetings will generate great outcomes and increases productivity. So next time you are called up for a meeting, read the notice or agenda distributed before attending the meeting, be mentally and physically prepared. All of us should work hard to achieve not only our career goals but also contribute to the growth of the company, and attend meetings even if you have to skip your date/romantic-candle-light-dinner with your girlfriend on that day!