Why One Meeting Can Annoy Everyone in It
Think of a meeting that went badly. One person wanted a decision in the first five minutes. Another enjoyed the discussion and took it in three new directions. A third had a real concern and never said it. A fourth kept asking for the numbers that were not in the room. Everyone left a little annoyed, and for four different reasons.
When a meeting is built for only one style, people of the other three styles often leave frustrated.
This lesson shows what each style needs from the agenda, the discussion and the ending, how to draw out the people who stay quiet, how to keep the people who talk most on track, and how to end with a decision everyone will act on.
A good meeting gives each style one thing it needs: a clear purpose, a chance to be heard, a safe turn to speak and the facts in advance. Then it ends with who does what by when.
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This lesson is one of the premium lessons included with WiredType Plus and Pro. The rest of it shows how to write an agenda each style can use, how to run the discussion so every style is heard, how to draw out quiet people and focus talkative ones, how to end with real decisions, and practice scenes with feedback on every choice.
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- An agenda every style can use
- What each style needs during the discussion
- Hearing from people who lead with S and C
- Keeping people who lead with D and I on track
- Ending with decisions people act on
- Practice: four scenes with feedback