I recently listened to the suite of O3 podcasts and want to begin conducting them with my four direct reports. However, I don't know whether the weekly staff meetings would then have enough value to keep holding them; I think that O3s could be so effective that the staff meetings would be moot.
Staff meetings take about 30 minutes and use a nice MT-style agenda. My directs gave me feedback about finding the priority setting and the communications waterfall useful. If I included these two items as part of the O3 (and I don't see why I couldn't), would I still even need a weekly staff meeting?
What can my staff meetings offer that my directs wouldn't also get in an O3?
Cheers,
BJ
Can O3s Replace Weekly Staff Meetings?
I think I remember MT saying that these are not to be replacements for weekly staff meetings - staff meetings are team-based, while O3s tend to be more focused on the individual direct.
Could be wrong though~
Re: Can O3s Replace Weekly Staff Meetings?
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Staff meetings take about 30 minutes and use a nice MT-style agenda. My directs gave me feedback about finding the priority setting and the communications waterfall useful. If I included these two items as part of the O3 (and I don't see why I couldn't), would I still even need a weekly staff meeting?[/quote]
Your team's effectiveness depends in-part on your effectiveness. Repeatedly having to communicate the same information to your directs at one-on-ones is not efficient. Further, the 03s are about *them*: listening to *them* and *their* concerns (as individuals.)
Staff meetings have a different purpose.
Can O3s Replace Weekly Staff Meetings?
Short answer: No. They serve different purposes, have different agendas, and different content.
See the previous thread:
http://www.manager-tools.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2291&highlight=staf…
The staff meeting allows your directs to communicate with each other, which O3's cannot replace.
John
Can O3s Replace Weekly Staff Meetings?
Thank you for the advice and the link. I honestly do not know how I missed the discussion thread already covering this topic. Guess I shouldn't post before bedtime anymore :).
BJ
Can O3s Replace Weekly Staff Meetings?
Staff meetings give your team a great way to communicate with each other. You talk to your staff weekly in the 03's but how often does your staff talk to each other?
When I implement the MT style staff meeting I got the most comments about the individual briefings. Several of my staff commented how much they appreciated hearing what other team members were working on and had accomplished.
MadAmos