Emotional Intelligence Key To Successful Meetings
July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
A key ingredient in creating succcessful meetings is emotional intelligence.
It’s no secret employees dread going to yet another in a seemingly endless series of meetings where “we never seem to make any progress.” Meeting experts say this can change:
Q. Once you’ve decided that a meeting is necessary, how can you make sure it is successful?
Two main ingredients are needed, Mr. Kaye said. First, the leader needs to cultivate “a safe environment, so that people feel creative and candid enough to express useful ideas.” Second, there must be methodical progress that leads to results. link: Career Couch - Another Meeting? Say It Isn’t So - Interview - NYTimes.com
Creating a safe environment that fosters creative, candid sharing requires a leader to use the emotional skill of transparency. By demonstrating being open and transparent and by honestly sharing feelings as well as thoughts in a vuulnerable way, the leader sets a context of safety and makes it possible for others to join in and do the same.
For more insight, listen to my recent podcast Transparency: Touch Hearts and Minds
Meeting experts also reccomend doing one of the things we teach participants in our Whole Leader Training “Ask more; Tell less.”
Joseph Liberti
EQ At Work
