When Order sustains you.

A couple of years ago a wise man told me, “First you maintain order, then order maintains you.

This “managerial revelation” applies entirely to the organization of regular company meetings.

When we conduct org changes at a client, including diving into how the planning meetings are set up, and telling them how we do it. We keep it simple:

Monday, 10:00 a.m. Directional sales planner, review of leads and deals, plan for the week

Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. Financial coordination.

Friday, 10:00 a.m. General Staff.

Friday, 11:00 a.m. Governing Board

It didn’t take us all that long to get started. When I think back to our first weekly meetings, it’s embarrassing. One is sitting with his laptop, texting with someone. The other goes out every three minutes on the phone. No goals. A bunch of people who I don’t know why they came here, just sit around, yawning. It’s creepy.

And very often customers say that they do not work. Trying to enter at least one regular meeting, but nothing: then one did not come, then another, the director of the situation – missed, then all the “in the phones sitting.

The main mistake in the introduction of regular procedures – do not maintain order at first, until the order began to maintain itself.

Resolved to meet on Fridays, review the results of the week and agree on a plan for the next week? Great.

Clearly fix the day and time. The composition of participants – only those people who are really needed here. And not one extra person who doesn’t benefit from the topic of the meeting.

Always show up at that day and time yourself. Require others to plan their business so that they are always here at this time and on this day.

Concentrate on the purpose of the meeting, lead the meeting. Don’t get distracted. Don’t let others get distracted, sit on their phones, etc.

Repeat once a week) Every week) at the same time.

In 2-3 months, people will gather on their own on that day, and be ready.

Because first you maintain order, and then order maintains you.