Do you lead effective meetings?

Tom Harper July 29, 2024

I ran a meeting once that I thought went pretty well. I was authoritative, efficient and leaderly.

But in other people's eyes it didn't go so well. Someone asked me afterward if I was OK. "You seemed stressed or something."

Oof. But I was authoritative, right? We got through the whole agenda. And we ended on time! Don't forget that.

With a sagging spirit, I realized I was not a good leader in that moment. At all.

Meetings, it turns out, are about more than the agenda. They are relationship builders, leadership refiners, and creativity sparkers.

But they're even more than that!

They establish culture. They highlight values. They reveal negativity. They resolve conflict.

When led well, they're one of the most untapped resources in companies and churches.

The next time you head into a meeting, don't mimic my embarrassing performance.

And remember, effective meetings accomplish much more than we think.

Blessings,

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).

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