Chris Fralic's tweet about a board meeting best practice this morning got me thinking that…
Entrepreneurship
In the past year, a few of our portfolio companies have introduced regular skip level meetings into the organization. These are direct meetings between managers and team members who are one or more levels below them… for example, board members meet with senior managers (without the CEO) or the CEO meets with team members (without […]
Chris Fralic's tweet about a board meeting best practice this morning got me thinking that…
Vancouver-based Communicate.com announced today that I will be joining their board effective immediately. Since taking…
In the past year, a few of our portfolio companies have introduced regular skip level meetings into the organization. These are direct meetings between managers and team members who are one or more levels below them… for example, board members meet with senior managers (without the CEO) or the CEO meets with team members (without the mid-level manager/direct report).
Having participated in a few of these skip level meetings as a board member, I believe the process has some really strong advantages:
However, skip level meetings can only function when there is a high degree of trust existing between all participants. These meetings are about opening new channels of communication, not necessarily for airing grievances. And, everyone needs to be focused on the company and the big picture, rather than using meetings to lobby for a personal agenda (and this can happen top-down or bottom-up).
But when you have the right dynamics and right level of trust for skip level meetings, they are powerful tools to spread knowledge across the organization and become even more aligned.
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