MEETING & DECISION MAKING

Have you ever heard any of these questions about meetings or decisions?  Who is the decision maker?  Are we going to this meeting to make it look like we are involved in this decision that is already made?  What a waste of time meetings are, I never get my work done!  Why did we have this big committee doing all of this work if the board was going to re-do everything any way?

Most of us have heard them or said them in our work lives.   Decision making is central to the work of people in all organizations.  It is core work and people assume competence in decision making.  Yet, there are different types of decision making defined by different names.  There is participatory decision making.  There is site based decision making.  There is command-control decision making.  There is distributive decision making and leadership.  

Decisions and meetings go hand-in-hand.  Meeting are gatherings of people to do the ordinary and unique business of organizations.  While some meetings are regularly scheduled others are convened for emergencies.  Some are well planned and some seem to be designed on the assumption that time is infinite.  Some are for decision making and others for reporting and discussion.

The organizational cost of meetings is high.  The cost of a person's salary is only a fraction of the cost of meetings.  The cost of the lost attention to other tasks and responsibilities is equally high.  How can you honor people's time, while providing a venue for significant discussions and in some cases decision making?  We can help.

MACY LEADERSHIP GROUP, INC., members have led and participated in organizational meetings, civic meetings, school board meetings, executive team meetings, angry citizen meetings, productive meetings and not-so-productive meetings.  We know how to help you run effective meetings that lead your organization forward.  We know how to train citizen leaders and organizational leaders to plan and run effective meetings.   And, we can train you.    


MACY LEADERSHIP GROUP, INC., members understand decision making and can help leaders define: 1) the parameters of the decision to be made; 2) the decision maker; 3) the process that will be used to make the decision; 4) the way input will be received; 4) how the choice will be made.  

Quality leadership at meetings can positively influence important decisions.  These are essential skill sets of good leaders and managers.