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Leaders are a unique breed. Most of the time, that’s a good thing. But when you have a handful of them together, their uniqueness makes handling them a bit of a challenge. Kevin Daum recently had to deal with just that––organizing a workshop with 35 young leaders––and offers some advice:

Prepare

If you are blessed with advance time, give attendees plenty of information to ready them for the discussion. Use subject matter experts to help frame the conversation in writing, preferably days in advance. Send the attendees a bulleted e-mail with key points and objectives so you don’t waste valuable meeting time while preparing them for discussion.

Manage Expectations

Make sure your attendees are absolutely clear and aligned on both the objectives and the deliverables. Strong leaders will likely have varied views of the level of depth and detail required in a solution or document. Your job is to make sure you are all working toward the same goal. You also have to make sure the deliverables can be completed within the available timeframe or you will take the blame. Take a little extra time initially to determine a clear and appropriate scope. Then constantly remind everyone in case they stray to their own standards.

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