Forget effective meetings, go for the sabotage! Learn how to sabotage a meeting that one of your peers may desperately need for that promotion you are trying to get. The presentation provides three great "true story" examples of sabotaged meetings. Never let the presenter have control of the meeting again. (No sarcasm intended.)
10. And, it locks your mouth
shut so you couldn’t answer
a question if you had to.
11. True Story: Tom entered a meeting
with a gallon tub of taffy and an
empty bucket. He proceeded to
keep his mouth full while also
building sculptures out of taffy. By
the end of the meeting the empty
tub was full of wrappers, the
attendees were entertained, and
nothing had been accomplished.
14. You might as well tolerate as
much as possible, even
swearing.
15. True Story: Three examiners were giving
an exit meeting to a room of executives
at the bank they just examined. The
mobile phone of one of the examiners
rang and, to the surprise of the
executives, the examiner answered it.
16. The examiner quickly got upset
and began yelling , even
swearing to the person on the
other end. It was his wife. To
the astonishment of the
executives, the other two
examiners proceeded until the
swearing was too much – they
politely asked him to take it
outside.
19. And, why not encourage
your senior leaders to arrive
late and make a big scene?
20. True Story: A meeting that started seven
minutes late was interrupted fifteen
minutes into the meeting when the COO
finally made his entrance. After asking
what he had missed, the presenter took
ten minutes representing what the rest
of the group had just heard.
21. Once caught up on the presentation,
the executive decided it was time to
unpack his lunch (this was not a
luncheon). Since he forgot a knife, he
got up, walked to the back to get his
knife, returned and began to eat. All
eyes were on him.
