THE ART OF BEEPING A CEO

At the time when I was invited to work with the senior managers in a family-based business, which was some years ago, not only did I meet “the geek” who I wrote about in last week’s Meta-Coach Reflection, but I also learned how to effectively beep a CEO for the first time. That’s right, I beeped a CEO.

“And how are you using the word ‘beep’?” you ask as a Meta-Coach asking a clarity question.

The beep was my signal to a group of men (they were all males) who were gathered around a board room and engaged in the business or their organization. By beeping I let them know that one of them had just committed a communication error. Typically the beep came during the communication error and so it called attention to the speaker at that very moment.