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1. What Are Tool-Box Meetings?

A few supervisors and managers have been holding successful tool-box meetings for many years, but now the secret is out. The reality is that they are easy to run and do have some very good results on a regular basis. The supervisor merely sits down somewhere at work (hence the name tool-box) and talks over work related issues with his or her employees. This then also allows people to tell the supervisor what is really going on with the job so that a two-way communication flow results. This is an informal process and so has advantages over more formal meetings where people often feel uncomfortable or don’t think the meeting has much to do with them.

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Why plan at all?

Almost anything that we do will be more successful if we have thought about the outcome that we want to achieve before we start. The old axiom that any road will do if we don’t know where we are going is true. However, if we do know where we would like to go, it is best to have an idea about which road to take. Assuming that one of your goals is to be successful, it would make sense to choose a road that will lead to success.

What is involved?

Any planning process has 3 elements to it read more »