8 things not to do during meetings

When adults gather in the meeting room to discuss serious issues, they can become bored. And in the course are baby jokes, pranks and gags. The British newspaper "Times" offers a list of eight items - things you should not do during meetings.



To make fun of himself. You have polished shoes came right on time and shaking hands, he managed a few words to ingratiate himself with the interlocutor. Now try not to throw some clown trick, like the case related by a PR Manager. After the presentation about the new business enterprise, their team, following the colleague, went to the door. Unfortunately he mistook the door and the whole group instead of another room got in the closet. Needless to say that the deal was never concluded?



Too hard to open. Managing Director of a major company, having declared about the beginning of the meeting, tried to sit on a chair, standing in the back, but missed. In the next second he stood before the congregation lying on his back and lifted to the ceiling by his feet, and his feet were adorned with adorable socks main character of the cartoon series "the Simpsons" - Homer Simpson. The only way to get out of this situation was laughter. The progress of the meeting was predetermined joke about how useful hard to sit on a chair, to refrain from falling back and the ability to effect did not cease until the end of the meeting.



To play by the rules. Never categorically do not state that they disagree with whomever it may be, otherwise people over the next 10 minutes will be deaf to any of your words, says Steven Kirkpatrick, head of recruitment agencies. He told of an incident during negotiations with a prospective client. The Kirkpatrick thought that the client has just exorbitant demands, and he, angry to the extreme, flew out of the Cabinet like a storm. Despite his anger, Kirkpatrick helped to persuade myself to return to the negotiating table. "It was not a tactical move, " he says, " but I managed to get exactly those conditions that I raschityvat".



Show amazement. There is nothing surprising in the fact that Jane rolls, regional Manager at one of the recruitment companies, with disapproval belongs to the people, bring to the meeting their Breakfast in a noisy paper bags. Early in his career, in an effort to win the right to contract in local authorities, Jay came to the meeting perfectly prepared. However, it was found that members of the local Council prepared not worse: in the middle of the report of its grateful listeners got their sandwiches, a flask of soup and napkins and proceeded to the dining meal. "They're nothing was said, they just listened, " recalls Jane, then barely managed to keep his composure. Contract I won, but was completely dumbfounded by such unprofessional behavior".



To talk without thinking. I. "One day I was invited to a meeting devoted to the issues of diversity and equality, " says Professor Binna Kandola, co-owner of a company engaged in the psychology of business. All went well and the Chairman of the meeting stated that "he was pleased with the progress of the discussions, in which we managed to achieve significant progress, however, there is but one". He used the slang expression, which literally translates as "we're hiding the nigger in the woodpile". If the chair stated that he "hates his life only two things: racism and blacks," the effect would be similar. Everyone just mouths were opened.



To talk without thinking. II. It is very important during business meetings to know with whom you are talking. Professor Kandola tells of a man who loved to talk to use sports metaphors, like "going to play with a straight bat". People far from the sport or belonging to another culture, such metaphors can be confusing and very obscure said.



Fail. There is a very awkward situation, if someone at the meeting falls asleep in front of your eyes. Especially do not fill up to the speaker, as if you are in sleep mode, it is difficult to hope that your comments will have at least some sense. Above us, the Professor told the story about how his once "zrobilo" right at the time of the report, which he concluded with the words "senior managers should monitor their dove wings".



The Council for the future. "Some meetings aim to find a solution fast. While participating in the other you just need to show that you work in a team," says John Fox, consultant on career development. According to him, the most important during the meeting, is the ability to determine its overall tone. This skill will help you as, if you want to succeed, and if you want to be with carefully conducted to the exit. Fox talked about how one of his friend wanted to put him to retire early. To implement his ideas, he found an original way: during one of the meetings he always laughed at the most inappropriate moments. Worked.

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