Ten Commandments of staff meeting

1. Be on time and in your place at the meeting time. 2. Know who is leading the meeting and show them due respect. 3. Be a good listener. Focus on the speaker and what they are saying. 4. Be supportive, encouraging and enthusiastic when others are giving reports and presenting new ideas. 5. Don’t dominate conversations or interrupt and be sensitive when others want to talk. 6. Don’t be in a mode of attacking, arguing or defending. Take responsibility for your words and actions. 7. Take notes during the meeting. 8. When given an assignment avoid reverse-delegation. 9. When giving assignments confirm that person understands completely. 10. If you need to bring up a problem for discussion that is in your department or project have one or more possible solutions ready to present. (Courtesy internet) The other side 1. When specific remarks are made, it may annoy others, who cannot adjust the meeting. Hence be as vague as possible. 2. Don’t say anything until the meeting is half over. This may stamp you as being wise. When in doubt, suggest that a committee will look into the matter and submit a repot 3. When discuss about punctuality, Try to deviate the subject as quickly as possible. If discussion is continued, make others feel that u are taking a lot of pain to keep punctuality. 4. Bring a piece of paper with some computer print. Every time the speaker make a point, pretend to check it in one of the print out. 6. Pretend to find substanding evidence in the paper. 7. Nod vigorously till your head is loose. 8. Takedown all what others say. When ask for ideas to be discussed don’t say anything and tell convener that all points are covered. 9. When the convener says something, compliment it as a wonderful idea. 10. Demand for more staff, so that others may feel that u are doing a lot with minimum resources.