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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
Years ago, the manager of a division that I worked in actually hired a consulting to teach us how to hold a meeting.
Always have an agenda and never do improptu meetings.
He hated the idea that me the purchasing manager would walk over to the production manager and in 30 seconds decide on a plan and execute it.
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I remember attending a meeting where a Government contractor with muddy boots and a hard hat showed up to discuss a $2,000 claim with the contracting officer, a Lieutenant Colonel, on a small construction contract. Before the meeting started, 15 Government employees showed up, including 3 lawyers wearing suits. I whispered to the contracting officer that he needed to tell everyone to leave so we could resolve the claim. He did.