How do you get your subordinates to attend meetings on time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don't think the meetings are important. Most of it probably can be accomplished by email. Read between the lines here.

I am required by my supervisor to have a meeting. If I could do e-mail I would.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They don't think the meetings are important. Most of it probably can be accomplished by email. Read between the lines here.

I am required by my supervisor to have a meeting. If I could do e-mail I would.

Then have your meeting promptly as usual. Latecomers can figure out on their own what they missed and/or you can send a follow up email summarizing what you talked about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are they actually strolling in then or like you would an extra 15 minutes be helpful to them. Take a poll and see if 8:45 would work then make it mandatory to be there at 8:45.

I wish I could do this, but they are all teachers and have to be in their classrooms by 9:00 to start the day. When I brought up the aftrnoon meeting, there were a lot of moans and groans in the room. I get that I can't make everyone happy. I still have to hold this meeting.

Ok the more info is important. What are you presenting and is it mandatory that they receive it? What time do they normally arrive?

I don't think a meeting once a month at 8:30 is extreme so I am wondering what is making them late. True inability to arrive by 8:30 or lack of interest in the meeting?

f

It is very important info...mostly procedure and policy changes. I really think they are late because they can get away with it. Like I said, I don't have that much power. I am trying to come up with something positive and trying to stay away from punitive....only to be used as a last resort.

People do what the leadership does. it really is that simple.

I work at large financial corporation where managers are constantly late. It flows from the top, I have seen my manager get dragged into meetings at last minute, then she is late/cancels her meetings. When everything is a firedrill no one is on time.

But the best was we had a new director that was never around. Lived remotely and rarely interacted with his group of 40 something people. Corporate leadership had a push to change culture and get people to show up on time at meetings. Of course the next all hands this guy had, he was 15 minutes late to his own meeting, and then had to announce that he was on the committee assigned to think up ideas on how to get people to show up to meetings on time. 40 of us were sitting in conference room , waiting and waiting for this guy to show up late to his own meeting. of course god forbid if we were ever late to a meeting his was on time to.

if I didn't work there I would laugh, but since I am still there I am sad about this. so many idiots are in charge at large corporations.

[Anonymous]

Have bagels for the on-time folks? Put them away at 8:31, so no food if you're late? Just a thought . . .

[Anonymous]

I'm going to venture a guess that the same people would be late whether you held the meeting at 9, 11, or 2, because that's how it is in my office. Some people are rude.

[Anonymous]

Get ther at 8:30. It isn't that tough. I bet if it was a flight you wouldn't be complaining about making the flight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:8:30 is fine. Grow up. Get your ass out of bed and get moving! You're presumably grown ups for chrissake!

lol

[Anonymous]

Sorry, a once-a-month half-hour meeting doesn't sound very important. That's not a meeting, it's you doing announcements.

If it is, start on time, put out a sign-in sheet, and collect it when you start. Have discussions with people who don't attend.

Or, do smaller groups. One team week A, another week B, etc. At my school, we often do half-staff meetings so the folks with lunch A go to a meeting after lunch, and the folks with lunch B do the meeting before. You have to be creative in a school.

Honestly, meetings outside of 10-3 are brutal. Avoid them if at all possible.

[Anonymous]

Can you do it over lunch? Im not a huge fan of lunch meetings, but folks should be able to handle it once a month, especially since it's a recurring meeting that they can plan around.

[Anonymous]

The teacher thing is key here! So now that we know that, you can:

- Lay down the law about the 8:30 time, which doesn't sound like it would put them out if they're required to be there at 8:30 anyway. If you're a boss you've gotta be a hard ass sometimes.
- Offer two meetings (one at 8:30 and one at 3:30 on the same day) and require one. Enforce with a sign-in sheet that you remove at 8:35 (or 3:35) and follow up with those who did not sign.
- Could you just distribute it as announcements?

[Anonymous]

830 is too early with 30 staff. not before 900, but 10 or after preferred.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You have a meeting once a month for 30 minutes. Is 8:30 the absolute only time you can have that meeting? It's a very annoying time. Or maybe they don't benefit in anyway from the meeting and you have created a situation where they don't care what you think if they come in late.

b

I work in a school that starts at 9:00, so other than having a meeting at 4:30, 8:30 is the latest. Trust me, I am a mom and have to get kids out of the house too which is why I moved the meeting from 8:15 to 8:30. I thought I was being nice by giving them an extra 15.

Is it during their normal work hours? If not, its unreasonable when others have kids, could have a long commute, etc. And, there is a big difference from getting a teenager out vs. an infant or toddler who can completely throw things off by a poop or tantrum.

I would offer two meetings - one at 8:30, one at 4:30 and give them the choice (though how can your school go to 4:30) and just do the meeting twice.

[Anonymous]

Lock the door at 8:31. Start writing people up for being late to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:8:30 is fine. Grow up. Get your ass out of bed and get moving! You're presumably grown ups for chrissake!

This.

[Anonymous]

If it is important info yet you have no power then there is really nothing you can do unless your/their supervisor attends "randomly" to see what is going on.

Bonus is that if you have no power then the supervisor showing up and dealing with the late comers isn't your problem.