> Make “speeches.” Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your “points” by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences. Never he

> Make “speeches.” Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your “points” by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences. Never hesitate to make a few appropriate “patriotic” comments. When possible, refer all matters to This one struck me. I have two colleagues in particular that come to mind. One loves to spin anecdotes into metaphors to basically repeat what someone else has already said, killing meetings. The other loves to use an awful lot of big words to describe all the things he’s recently read and has latched onto a ‘collaborator’ to ‘work’ on. Of course this completely derails the meeting.