The Right Way to Cut People Off in Meetings

“Jellyfish!”

by

Bob Frisch

and

Cary Greene

by

Bob Frisch

and

Cary Greene

April 08, 2016

You’ve spent hours preparing for the meeting. The objectives are clear. The agenda is tight. Relevant material was distributed to attendees in advance. Smartphones are put away, and your team seems focused and ready to work.

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Bob Frisch is the Founding Partner of the Strategic Offsites Group. His work includes the best-selling Who’s in the Room? How Great Leaders Structure and Manage the Teams Around Them (Wiley), Simple Sabotage (HarperOne), and 25 HBR articles since the seminal “Off-Sites That Work” in 2006. Bob’s articles are featured in 14 HBR collections, including HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Teams.
Cary Greene is the Managing Partner of the Strategic Offsites Group, a consultancy focused on designing and facilitating strategy conversations for executive teams and boards. He is the coauthor of Simple Sabotage (HarperOne) and 16 HBR articles. Cary’s work is featured in 10 HBR collections.

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