>A great example here is the ubiquitous status meeting. Everybody troops into a conference room for an hour and takes turns saying things to the boss while ever

>A great example here is the ubiquitous status meeting. Everybody troops into a conference room for an hour and takes turns saying things to the boss while everybody else's eyes glaze over. This lets the boss feel powerful and important, but it's a giant waste of time. The POSIWID conclusion is that organizational effectiveness is very much secondary to reinforcing the dominance hierarchy. This is a good point and resonated with me. It would be a better use of the employees time (and thus presumably better for the company) if the boss walks around, and sit down with people to have a chat about the status of the project/status in general. However this would take a lot more time for the boss and probably doesn't feel as empowering as well, so all hands on deck, lets use 1/8 of today to sit and do nothing. I think having a 1 on 1 would help people be more honest about their status, and maybe even the group dynamic in their team as well. I have been a consultant where we were 10+ consultants plus 2-3 internals in a weekly meeting. It baffles me that the customer wanted to do something that costly and ineffective.