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Okay, following up on our previous DarenDaily, I'm going to address a question that canemain

from Kevin Davidson.

He wrote, I often take part in meetings that get easily derailed off topic or get too deep

into the nitty gritty of what needs to be done.

How can I politely refocus a team member or redirect the topic back to the main focus

without causing offense?

Yes, this is a big problem.

Besides the points that we covered yesterday, this is the next greatest cause to turning

what should be a fast-paced, efficient, creatively stimulating and productive meeting into an

eye-rolling clock-watching life-force sucking hellscape of despair.

So Kevin, I commend you for wanting to keep your company's meetings as productive as possible.

I have a guide that I put together with some details that can help those who want to know

about how to run productive meetings with your team better.

So to your question, let's say that somebody takes your meeting off the rails.

It happens even to the most prepared of people.

How do you get it back on track without causing the unhappy water cooler talk about the boss,

smack down on so and so, etc. later?

If somebody gets off topic, start by validating what it is that they're saying with things

like, hey, I understand you, I know that it's hard to.

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