{"id":455,"date":"2006-11-22T08:53:14","date_gmt":"2006-11-22T14:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=455"},"modified":"2006-11-22T08:53:15","modified_gmt":"2006-11-22T14:53:15","slug":"from-windbags-to-bullies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/11\/from-windbags-to-bullies\/","title":{"rendered":"From Windbags to Bullies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It sure feels like a holiday already, but we at The Hire Sense march on today. We&#8217;ll keep things light before the long holiday weekend. Google kicked up this fun article from a CareerBuilder.com editor titled <a href=\"http:\/\/rismedia.com\/index.php\/article\/articleview\/16799\/1\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 10 worst things to do in a meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a good tease:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Who among us hasn&#8217;t cringed as the office windbag launched into a self-aggrandizing discourse that was completely off-point? Pitied a meek co-worker who got trounced by the office bully? Or marveled at a colleagues&#8217; ability to string together an array of buzzwords that mean absolutely nothing?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh, I have been in many of those meetings.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of my favorite items from the list:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>7. Chew Gum. The smacking, popping, cracking and cow-like chewing are annoying. Plus, it&#8217;s rude and unprofessional. &#8216;Nuff said.9. Wander Off Topic. Don&#8217;t hijack the agenda. Stay focused on what you and your team are trying to accomplish. If you must digress into unrelated areas, make sure it&#8217;s alright with the others present. A good way to handle important issues not related to the topic at hand is to record them on a flipchart and revisit them at an appropriate time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Any of you salespeople or managers out there who have sat through software development meetings can probably relate to number 9. It is uncanny how the software guys can run a tangential discussion in a topic-specific meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It sure feels like a holiday already, but we at The Hire Sense march on today. We&#8217;ll keep things light before the long holiday weekend. Google kicked up this fun article from a CareerBuilder.com editor titled The 10 worst things to do in a meeting. Here&#8217;s a good tease: Who among us hasn&#8217;t cringed as the office windbag launched into a self-aggrandizing discourse that was completely off-point? Pitied a meek co-worker who got trounced by the office bully? Or marveled at a colleagues&#8217; ability to string together an array of buzzwords that mean absolutely nothing? Oh, I have been in many of those meetings. A couple of my favorite items&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/11\/from-windbags-to-bullies\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-sales-management","category-team-management"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-7l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":459,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/11\/flexibility-and-loyalty\/","url_meta":{"origin":455,"position":0},"title":"Flexibility and Loyalty","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"November 27, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"More from the work-life front of management: Flexibility with holiday schedules can boost worker loyalty. 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