Adele Sommers Ph.D. is the author of the award-winning "Straight Talk on Boosting Business Performance" program. For over two decades she has helped people "discover and recover" the profits their businesses may be losing every day through overlooked performance potential. Adele is president of the five-time award-winning San Luis Obispo California chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). She has been a college instructor specializing in project planning and systems thinking.
Poorly run meetings those held for the wrong reasons that dont involve the right participants or that dont use a disciplined meeting process can waste the time resources and money of a business. Not only are they a financial drain they have the potential to make participants feel perpetually frustrated and unproductive. Yet making simple changes to the protocols for running meetings can shift the dynamics into a highly effective mode.
Decisions made during problem-solving sessions are legacies businesses often have to live with for a long time. Not every decision requires special attention; many are simple and routine. The more risky costly or complex a problem is however the more attention it needs. The best decisions for complex problems can withstand future challenges because they use a structured process. Other decisions can quickly fall apart and may even cause harm.
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