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Dec 15, 2016
Brenda Smyth
Many work teams need to meet frequently to assess progress and stay on course. The team leader is instrumental in making these meetings effective. But even the best teams can get sidetracked in meetings without strong team leadership.
Here’s an evaluation to take (and share with your team) to find out just how effective your team meetings really are. Rate yourself from 1 to 5, with “1” meaning you strongly disagree and “5” indicating you strongly agree.
Now, add up your points.
Evaluation results:
81 – 100: Your team has excellent, productive meetings.
61 – 80: The team has good meetings but needs to focus a little more on a few key areas.
41 – 60: The team likely has a difficult time getting through and following up on meetings. The team leader and selected team members need to brainstorm and make recommendations for improvement.
40 or below: Team meetings are probably ineffective. Problems aren’t being solved and decisions aren’t being made. The team leader and selected team members need to start now to make recommendations for overhauling team meetings.
Brenda Smyth
Brenda Smyth is supervisor of content creation at SkillPath. Drawing from 20-plus years of business and management experience, her writings have appeared on Forbes.com, Entrepreneur.com and Training Industry Magazine.
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