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Faizan
Overview:
A lot of people despise meetings. They will either evade them or consistently enter late. Here we deal with these two items.
Avoiding meetings:
Let us examine meetings momentarily from the standpoint of the people attending. If I hear the expression 'avoid' I can't help considering tax. It is perfectly alright to avoid paying it but illegal to evade paying it. It's similar for meetings. Naturally, you ought to be getting yourself organised in a time effective way and we realise that meetings impinge on this useful resource. Having said that, if you are supposed to attend a meeting, attempting to sneak out of it is not so great. This may be less of a concern for Board meetings but has a great potential for abuse in basic meetings.
There are a few ways that might decrease your input and keep all the people content.
Talk to the chairperson to see if you can withdraw as soon as your role has been played. Remember that most meetings are 'team' based and it is bad form to just keep popping along for your segment and then departing-- unless you can offer a good justification.
It might be feasible to speak to the chairperson, or an additional key member, outside of the meeting, concerning your actions to arrive at appropriate decisions. This is possibly more apt for a reasonably small meeting which could then be avoided.
Under the proper circumstance, perhaps, a replacement might attend armed with the correct information or a statement to introduce at the meeting.
A lot of people despise meetings. They will either evade them or consistently enter late. Here we deal with these two items.
Avoiding meetings:
Let us examine meetings momentarily from the standpoint of the people attending. If I hear the expression 'avoid' I can't help considering tax. It is perfectly alright to avoid paying it but illegal to evade paying it. It's similar for meetings. Naturally, you ought to be getting yourself organised in a time effective way and we realise that meetings impinge on this useful resource. Having said that, if you are supposed to attend a meeting, attempting to sneak out of it is not so great. This may be less of a concern for Board meetings but has a great potential for abuse in basic meetings.
There are a few ways that might decrease your input and keep all the people content.
Talk to the chairperson to see if you can withdraw as soon as your role has been played. Remember that most meetings are 'team' based and it is bad form to just keep popping along for your segment and then departing-- unless you can offer a good justification.
It might be feasible to speak to the chairperson, or an additional key member, outside of the meeting, concerning your actions to arrive at appropriate decisions. This is possibly more apt for a reasonably small meeting which could then be avoided.
Under the proper circumstance, perhaps, a replacement might attend armed with the correct information or a statement to introduce at the meeting.
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