Perfect meeting! Score 100/100
It’s official, I just had the best meeting I’ve ever had today.
I received an email from a project manager yesterday afternoon informing me of a meeting at 9:30AM this morning… I cringed at the thought and reluctantly hit the “Accept” button on my trusty BlackBerry.
9:15AM - My BlackBerry reminded me of the meeting. Once again, I cringed
9:30AM - I arrive at the meeting… no one is in the room except the PM. Weird, everyone must be late. It’s just myself and the project manager? Nope… we have a quorum! Apparently, she only invited the main tech contact for this project and yours truly. The main tech contact is out this morning due to working late last night so it’s up to us to get through the meeting agenda.
9:39AM - I’m back at my PC already. She asked me a few questions about the time line for my part of the project and accepted my answers as the truth. She questioned one answer with a legitimate concern and just trusted that I know my job on the rest of them. PERFECT!
Score 100/100 - Flawless!
If all meetings were like this, life would be SO good in corporate America. But no… most PM’s have to argue with you for no apparent reason. Most of them somehow feel that they know your job better than you do. And let’s not forget about the arbitrary deadlines that people like to make up and impose on their employees.
Anyway, bravo to the PM that I just got done meeting with! Bravo! What a meeting! Short, focused, and not overly distracting from my day. Now the time line is adjusted and we’re on target.