It's Monday morning, the weekend was great and the atmosphere in the office is good. The only sour note is that Denis, the managing director is mad, very mad. The company is losing market share and sales and he is going to do something about it. Someone is going to get it today. So he calls a meeting….
Peter from sales brings along a couple of colleagues who weren’t invited, Laura from marketing can’t come but sends his secretary to take notes, Penny from finance completes the group. Banging his fist on the table Denis explains the problem and that if something isn’t done about then heads will roll. Peter quickly realises there is danger and so quickly starts to smooth things over with figures from the market research and sales forecasts for the next six months. Getting worried, the secretary from marketing starts to explain about the promotions that are planned and what great results should come out of it.
The rest of the group are nervous but not sure what they can really do about things. Nevertheless, after a few hours everyone has agreed that they are going in the right direction but that everyone should „redouble their efforts„
What happens next?
Nothing. Denis will hit the table a little harder and maybe heads really will roll. When it comes to running effective meetings, Denis is in the three legged race.
But what do you see as the problem?
