Sunday night, and the meeting still isn’t over after hearing an opposing view
The meeting is over, but you keep thinking about a teammate’s opposing view and revising what you’ll say at the next meeting.
Scenes
- Pause where the disagreement came up — Sunday night. You open your meeting notes again, revising what to write after a teammate’s opposing view, over and over.
- Who answers first? — The room falls quiet for a moment when someone disagrees. If the leader answers right away, others may miss their chance to add what they’re thinking.
- Disagreement and decision are different moves — In leadership, hearing an opposing view and putting off a decision are different things. You can check the reasoning first and make the decision when you’ve set a time for it.
- Choose just one opening line — Tonight, write “What’s the reasoning behind that?” in your notes. You can start with that at the next meeting.
- Start with the question the disagreement left you — Even after hearing everyone’s views, the decision is still the leader’s to make. Tonight, instead of writing a rebuttal, leave yourself a note about what to check first.
Stories by Baekho
- Baekho
- Even grocery shopping makes everything I need to do today feel urgent.
- Every Sunday night, I rewrite what I’m looking for.
- I open the handover file before bed.
- At a red light, I think of what I’m good at in my work.
- The day before an important meeting, I swallow my words again.
- It feels like I’m giving up my career.
- When a request comes up in the group chat, I reply first.
- Every morning, it feels like I have to leave my career behind.