The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
― Confucius
I was recently in the throes of an Annual Planning session with Dotcom Distribution, an awesome company that is doing amazing things in the world of e-commerce fulfillment and third-party logistics using EOS® as its business operating system.
During the Issues Solving Track™ (IDS™) of a recent quarterly meeting with a family business, two brothers started having this conversation:
Mark: “I’m sick of you taking jabs at me in these meetings!”
Scott: “I’m sick of you always thinking you’re right”
Mark: “Are you going to accuse me of being mom’s favorite again?”
Scott: “You ARE Mom’s favorite!”
Mark: “I can’t do this with you.”
Rest of the team: (looking nervously at the floor)
Me: Time out!
Sheesh! Does this sound familiar?
When tensions boil over and family members on the leadership team have at it, nothing gets done and everyone else loses trust that they can be open and honest with each other.
As management, ask your team what their expectations of you are, what the right Meeting Pulse™ is for them and how best to communicate with them.
YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES