From the course: Skip-Level Meetings
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Exploring signs of trouble
- What do you do when a meeting gets weird? You know what I mean. Sometimes in meetings when there are many levels of the hierarchy present a strange vibe happens and sometimes people censor and don't share. That's certainly possible in a skip level meeting. So, I want you to look for these signs that might indicate the group is tensing up problematically. The first sign of trouble is having one person among the employees dominating the discussion. They may have been coached to engage in certain ways by the boss being skipped. Who knows? Or they juts might be a dominator type in meetings. Either way, it's distracting. Another dynamic to watch for as you ask questions is complete and total agreement among the team members. If you sense no diversity of ideas at all, just simple head nodding and agreement as everyone speaks up, that's a problem. You're here for vibrant conversation, not simple head nodding. Another obvious…
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