A strategy to try before your next meeting

Tom Harper Aug. 26, 2024

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Meetings often foster disagreement. That's not a bad thing, of course. But how do we manage disputes before they devolve into turf wars and personality rubs?

One thing I've done with some success is to get everyone to agree to speak truth and deal with facts. I've also tried to help people realize they can share without the fear of humiliation.

But I think there's a better strategy, and it's one I'm still working on. It's simply humility. If we can build it into the culture of a company, it'll make its way into meetings.

So, the strategy here isn't just to be humble in meetings, but to build humility into your leadership and culture. Coach it into those on your team.

Easier said than done, I know.

I'm partially writing this to hold myself accountable to ask the Lord for personal humility. It's so elusive, isn't it? Just when I think I'm humble … I stumble.

In Christ,

Tom Harper
Founder, BiblicalLeadership.com
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Tom Harper is publisher of BiblicalLeadership.com and executive chairman of Networld Media Group, a business-to-business publisher and event producer. He has written five books, including Servant Leader Strong: Uniting Biblical Wisdom and High-Performance Leadership (DeepWater Books, 2019) as well as the Christian business fable Through Colored Glasses and its sequel Inner Threat (DeepWater, 2022). Learn More »

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