Musings from the CU Suite

Oct 11, 2012

A Thought on Meetings

Written by Anthony Demangone

I've written a ton about meetings in this space. 

But for all of the complaints, most credit unions run very good meetings.

Those would be board meetings.

What makes those work?

  • An agenda.
  • Materials are distributed beforehand.
  • There are rules - Robert's Rules of Order.
  • Someone is in charge - the Chair.
  • People generally come to the meeting prepared to discuss the topics. 

So, here are two questions.

  1. Do your non-board meetings measure up to your board meetings? 
  2. If not, can you take what works at your board meetings, and apply it across all your business get-togethers?  

Have a great weekend, everyone.  I'm off to the beautiful town of Carlisle, Pennsylvania for a wedding. If you have half as much fun as I plan on having this weekend, you're in for a good one.Â