Billionaire and Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos suggested to WeWork co-founder how to run effective meetings.
The advice was revealed by Adam Neumann, former CEO of the coworking space company founded in 2010.
Jeff Bezos advised Neumann to finally speak up during meetings, the 45-year-old WeWork co-founder revealed while speaking at the Bloomberg Tech summit in San Francisco on Thursday.
“I was very happy that he wanted to give me any kind of advice,” Neumann quoted. Business Insider as it says.
“I have investors around the table who are not only comfortable pulling back, but I think they like it.”
The 60-year-old Amazon founder's leadership style has been the focus of study, unlike Neumann's conduct at WeWork.
Neumann held meetings that could extend late into the night; However, Bezos' meetings are more organized and planned in advance. He encourages leaders to bring in their junior staff to challenge senior management thinking, which is borne out by the data.
“I know from experience that if I speak first, even very strong-willed, very intelligent, very judgmental participants in that meeting will wonder, 'Well, if Jeff thinks that, I came into this meeting thinking one thing, but maybe I don't.' “I'm not right,” Bezos told Lex Fridman in December.
Adam Grant, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, also recommended finally speaking up and listening to what others have to say during meetings.
