{"id":3652,"date":"2014-01-20T20:32:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T02:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=3652"},"modified":"2014-01-20T20:33:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T02:33:57","slug":"why-leaders-are-saying-good-bye-to-meetings-hello-to-power-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/20\/why-leaders-are-saying-good-bye-to-meetings-hello-to-power-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Leaders are Saying \u2018Good bye\u2019 to Meetings & \u2018Hello\u2019 to \u2018Power Conversations\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you noticed how much is being written these days about the need to do away with so many time-wasting meetings?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s face it, to the delight of Type-A introverted leaders everywhere, dull, ineffective meetings are on the way out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, what is often emerging in their place is \u201ccocooning\u201d; an environment where human interaction is kept to a bare minimum.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But there is a better way.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I call them \u201cPower Conversations\u201d.<\/p>\n

You can reduce and even eliminate the \u201ctoo many meetings\u201d culture without creating a stifling environment of cocooning.<\/p>\n

It begins by replacing meetings not with isolation, but with a Culture of Conversation.<\/p>\n

Power conversations are not idle times of chit-chat.<\/p>\n

These are not coffee-room sessions where last night\u2019s episode of the Big Bang Theory<\/em> is discussed.<\/p>\n

Instead, power conversations are highly charged, dynamic interactions among team mates. They take place when team members actively engage with rigorous, sometimes intense interactions designed to solve problems and advance projects.<\/p>\n

When you get this right, you end up with an energetic culture of highly engaged, solution-focused team members.<\/p>\n

To transition either a meetings-dominated culture or a cocooning culture into a Culture of Conversation, it begins with the leader making 6 essential declarations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Around here we primarily solve problems together, not alone in your office.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Around here we go and talk to people; we don\u2019t rely on inter-office email.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Around here you don\u2019t need a department head to schedule a meeting in the board room in order for you to gather with your team mates.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Around here power conversations can involve anybody who has something to contribute; you don\u2019t have to have a particular title.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Around here power conversations take place in hallways, offices, common spaces and coffee shops. There\u2019s not set place.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Around here a power conversation can last 10 minutes or it can take all day.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The idea is not to eliminate every single organized meeting, nor is it to forbid all solitary work.<\/p>\n

    Rather, it\u2019s to reduce these work habits in order to create an environment where power conversations can flourish.<\/p>\n

    Try it. You may well discover a more dynamic environment than you\u2019d ever thought possible.<\/p>\n

    How have you unleashed the power of conversations?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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