Meeting Appreciation
by Susan Otto
 Do you feel appreciated at work? More specifically, do you feel appreciated for your contribution and participation in the meetings you attend? I suspect that you are like most team members – unappreciated – at least for the small, expected, regular things you do. You can choose to be different. You can choose to thank those who attend the meeting you are involved in by performing some simple, but effective behaviors.
You can show appreciation for constructive participation by:
- Thanking team members for their input.
- Actively listening.
- Asking questions and getting comments.
- Making brief, reinforcing statements when constructive contributions are made.
- Paraphrasing or summarizing when necessary.
Though staying on time and focusing on the purpose and expected results is important,Susan Stasiak in her article, Meetings: How to Waste Less Time and Get More Done, reminds us that we should get everyone’s input by asking for it.
It isn’t enough to generate lots of good ideas. We have to be willing and open to discuss these ideas without preconceived notions so that we can come up with alternative solutions from which to choose.
Consider the idea that, by acknowledging and adding to someone else’s input, we are showing appreciation for them and their ideas.
Sure, you can show appreciation by providing gifts. Sure, you can show appreciation by sending a note to their manager. But consider showing appreciation daily by adopting these simple, effective behaviors during your next meeting.
(For more information on creating effective meetings, check out Meetings: A Roadmap to Success eWorkbook at www.Self-StudyCourse.com.)
Susan Otto, the president of Training-Modules.com, LLC, is committed to effectively partner with organizations and their employees to achieve strategic initiatives necessary for organizational success. Susan designs customized facilitator and participant guides for companies that want to do their own internal training. Contact her at 859.292.0095 or email her. For information about Susan’s training modules, visit the Modules section of Training-Modules.com.
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