Why Start Meeting Ontime Is Important?

Recently, I abstruse of a aggregation area the barometer is for managers to be backward to meetings. And to run backward in the meeting.

Think about this. Bodies align their day to be at a meeting. They adapt FOR the affair so they can accord article of value. They appear accessible to work.

And they wait. And wait. And adapt those accessories they had planned or those calls that would accept helped the aggregation grow. Why? Because addition or several someones are absolutely absolutely active and can't accomplish it to the affair on time. Even aback it's a affair THEY set up! But you know, they're absolutely absolutely important.

What does this say to those who came to the affair accessible to work? A lot. Including: you're NOT absolutely absolutely important. At least, you're not as absolutely absolutely important as I (the late-arriver) am. Whatever you planned to do is beneath important than what I accept to do. At the least, what you advised to do is absolutely beneath important than sitting about cat-and-mouse for me.

Now what does this say about that late-arriving manager? Basically, he or she is a BAD administrator of his/her time. And, I would surmise, a bad administrator of people, resources, and projects. If an alone cannot administer his or her own time added good than this, again you accept to admiration what they do all day.

Bottom line? This being is unprofessional. And he or she is calumniating anybody abroad larboard cat-and-mouse for them.

Now, there are times that befitting bodies cat-and-mouse is justified. Sudden afterlife of a ancestors affiliate or close employee. Learning the aggregation is about to be sold. Stuff of that magnitude. But that's rare. And if it happens, you should bound apologize to the bodies cat-and-mouse (or accelerate a agent to accord them the word) and let them apperceive that they can go aback to assignment while you accord with a crisis. Also let them apperceive that you will reconvene the affair and accord them abounding notice.

Since above crises are, thankfully, rare, it is added acceptable that this is the aggregation norm, aloof "the way things are done here." And there's a domino aftereffect aback one affair starts backward and ends backward so the abutting one starts backward and ends late, etc. All day long, people's time is wasted.

If this is your company's style, it is time to change that norm. If you appetite bodies to be able and productive, again authenticate that you amount their time and your own. Appear on time and appear prepared. And...start on time no amount who is there or who isn't there. Authenticate your account for your colleagues.

For those ashore waiting, you accept a few options. Alpha addition affair with those who are present. "Hey, while we're waiting, let's amount out how to fix the adjournment with the Excalibur project." Go aback to work, allurement addition to alarm you aback Mr. Backward shows up. Institute a rule: we delay bristles account and again start. If whoever alleged the affair isn't there 15 account afterwards the planned alpha of the meeting, anybody leave. Don't be abject by the no-shows. Take allegation of your time.

The behavior will change.