The Ineffective Meeting
00:00:18 Krina
I thought this meeting was supposed to start at 10?
00:00:20 Richard
Hmm...pigs might fly.
00:00:22 Mike
I can tell you're new, Krina.
00:00:24 Mike
When Colin sends an e-mail saying a meeting will be at 10,
it actually means it won't be before 10, but it'll probably start sometime
between 10 and 10.30.
00:00:35 Colin
Yes, well, whilst we're waiting, does anyone fancy taking
the minutes this time?
00:00:50 Jill
OK, I'll do them.
00:00:53 Colin
Fantastic.
00:00:54 Stephanie
We're all busy, Richard.
00:00:55 Mike
Yes, we are.
00:00:56 Mike
And I slightly resent the suggestion that we're not.
00:00:59 Mike
We've all been working our socks off these last weeks.
00:01:02 Richard
We'd all be working our socks off a little less if some
people just did what they said they'd do.
00:01:07 Mike
I don't know why you're having a go at me.
00:01:08 Mike
As I explained, it's dependent on Ranjit's team, not mine.
00:01:12 Mike
We've done all we can.
00:01:13 Richard
Who conveniently isn't here!
00:01:14 Mike
Oh yes, and we planned that because we thought it's all
going to kick off with Richard because next year's holiday planners aren't
online.
00:01:24 Mike
And it's already August.
00:01:27 Mike
Well, apart from spending a lot of time verifying the hours
worked by part-time staff for Jill's team, which we understood was urgent.
00:01:38 Stephanie
Sorry, I forgot to mention, Sarah's expecting twins.
00:01:45 Stephanie
So, she'll be going on maternity leave sometime after
Christmas.
00:01:48 Colin
Thank you very much for that.
(Jill’s phone rings.)
00:01:50 Jill
Sorry.
(Jill leaves to answer her phone.)
00:01:53 Colin
You’re just going to take it now.
00:01:59 Colin
Okay, next on the agenda is Investors in People.
00:02:04 Mike
Well, I've had the consultants' report, which includes a
summary of how we're doing against the Investors in People indicators.
00:02:12 Mike
I've prepared a summary of their findings and the key
actions that I think need to be taken.
00:02:19 Colin
Fantastic.
00:02:20 Colin
Do you have that with you?
00:02:21 Mike
No, I didn't know it was on the agenda.
00:02:24 Richard
Oh...well, what was the point of it?
00:02:25 Richard
What did we achieve?
00:02:28 Stephanie
There never seems to be a clear purpose to the meetings.
00:02:32 Stephanie
I mean, what did any of us come away with from that meeting
that we didn't have when we went in?
00:02:40 Mike
Bad moods?
00:02:43 Stephanie
Mike!
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