Georgia Manufacturer’s Representative to Be Profiled in Industrial Connection by Associate Editor TR CutlerWritten by Thomas Cutler
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Industrial Connection is only Manufacturing dedicated publication covering Southeastern United States, with emphasis in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina. Cutler added that, “We are going to generate a series of articles about quality, and manufacturing process improvement from Six Sigma to Lean Manufacturing Certification, Electronic Kanban to Job Scheduling. Circulation of publication is 15,000 and distribution is free of charge. Cutler writes for hundreds of other publications each year (www.trcutlerinc.com) and will consider further profiles of manufacturer’s representatives based on participation in Industrial Connection program. Cutler also serves as spokesperson for ETO (Engineer-to-Order) Institute (www.etoinstitute.org). TR Cutler Associate Editor Industrial Connection e-mail protected from spam bots 888-902-0300 # # #
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| | Terrible Meetings - Ten Ways to Spot Them!Written by Martin Haworth
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The Leader Doesn't Lead
Here there is free-for-all, with no leadership from chair. Poor behaviours, timekeeping and outcomes riddle this sort of meeting, with and end no-result and frayed-tempered, frustrated peopleEnvironment
Too hot, too cold, no water, no breaks, too big, too small. Have you ever been in one of those meetings? And aren't they awful, so awful in fact that you can't do your best. This is a meeting where organisers do not respect participantsNothing Happens
A lovely chat, a few disagreements and 'see you next month'. This is nice-to-have meeting which does nothing and goes nowhere. As Peter Drucker said, 'Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetings better'Side-tracked/New Stuff
With an agenda, people know what meeting will be about - or will they. Even with best agenda'd meeting weak processes tend to leave to new issues, side-tracking and wasted time. This is solvable with effort from facilitatorNo Review and Growth
Meetings come and go and are always awful. They are unproductive, boring, overrun and people are there who shouldn't be. If there is no review of just how good or bad meeting has been, there will be no improvement. The leader/facilitator can add in meeting feedback as first agenda item and stick to it - tough at first but gets easier.Step by step, you can work, with a facilitator or not, to unravel just what needs to change. You will make a big difference, not only to meetings and how productive they are, but also to your capacity to build great relationships with people who show up.
That's Leadership!
© 2005 Martin Haworth is a Business and Management Coach. He works worldwide, mainly by phone, with small business owners, managers and corporate leaders. He has hundreds of hints, tips and ideas at his website, www.coaching-businesses-to-success.com. (Note to editors. Feel free to use this article, wherever you think it might be of value - with a live link if you can).
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