"Bring The Joy" Toolbox

Sometimes these meetings can get a little long, boring and stressful so I was searching for something intriguing to open up with.  You know, something that not only would make people laugh but also give them joy and inspiration.Then I realized, I’ve got 50 pages of Operational Reports---why look any further?

Hi everyone.  Here’s a quick update on the red status of our most critical program.

[Pause, look around the room] Everything’s going great [two thumbs up].

[Looking at your watch] OK, that’s about a wrap, folks.  Any questions?

I appreciate the opportunity to present this  in a larger forum because the last time I presented this in a 1:1 update, the only response I got was ‘GUILTY!’

I have a bad feeling about this.  Before we started, she said that she was going to start with a joke and then she introduced me.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but, then again, so are 50 pages of this operational status.