Applying the knowledge from our Theories & Models course to my internship at Salesforce, I am always intrigued at the concept of the “players only” meetings. “Players only” refers to a formal meeting a team without management being present. What I find most fascinating about these meetings, are that they aren’t instigated by the members of the team but rather the managers. The meetings are evidence of the transformational leadership style and culture that trickles down from the company’s senior leadership, including from the CEO. These meetings in my experience have been particularly helpful for the team in \u00a0transition periods when mangers are coming or going. Over the past few weeks I have had two of my managers leave the company and that has created a high degree of volatility and uncertainty amongst the teams. The “players only” meeting help to alleviate some of those issues by creating a forum that allows for these questions to be addressed and for concerns to be voiced. A central element of the “players only meeting” is that anything is fair game, meaning that nothing is off the table in terms of questions or concerns. I believe the encouragement of these types of meetings by management is transformational because despite the possibility of the meeting being uncomfortable for managers the existent of such forums allows for the stronger development of the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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