02/05/2018

How to Manage the Four Strong Personalities You See in Meetings

The following article provides techniques to help create productive and engaging meetings

We've all got our quirks, and most of us bring strengths and some weaknesses to the teams to which we belong. But there are four strong personalities that stand out for their ability, both positively and negatively, to impact team dynamics, especially when it comes to meetings.

There are the 'Challengers,' the big idea people who love going against convention. This is the person who blurts out mid meeting "This is a stupid idea. I've got something better we can try instead." Challengers can deliver the great idea that unsticks a team's thinking, but when the team has been developing that other idea for six weeks or even six months, and some team members are deeply invested in the work that's already been done, or if there are detail-oriented people also on the team whose brains scramble when the Challenger tries to blow everything up, team dynamics can quickly sour.

The 'Analyzers' are the content experts. Analyzers don't know everything, but what they do know, they know extremely well. When a team is dealing with a challenge that matches the Analyzer's area of expertise, you're seconds away from all the latest data and research that can help you solve the problem. But when the team focus strays from the Analyzer's areas of expertise, they get bored, lose interest, often affecting a dismissive attitude that can drag down other team members.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Forbes.