The 50/50 rule

Yesterday I learned another important leadership nugget from Mike Volkema. When presenting in a setting that will invite questions (parent meeting, elder board meeting, lead team meeting or countless others) always respect the fifty fifty rule.

This is acknowledging the time it will take you to present and then adding that same amount on the backend for further dialogue. So if your presentation takes 15 minutes to give then you need to add 15 more minutes at the end to answer questions. This was a totally new concept for me.

I often come with a list of things and do my best to charge through it with not wasting my teams time. But as I think about it, when I pack everything in so tight I do not allow my audience the privilege to interact with the material.

It will slow things down; but it is worth it to have total buy in...