Have you ever come out of a meeting and felt like it was a waste of time?
Nothing has changed - nothing was achieved.
Perhaps you felt that you weren't listened to. Or was it your fault - you didn't communicate clearly enough?
Well it could be the fault of neither of these - the poor outcome may have been caused by the group dynamics. That is, how many people were in the meeting, or where you sat in the room...
This podcast is a short guide to the kind of unconscious dynamics that happen in every workplace meeting.
The secret life of meetings