"I've been told by colleagues that I can appear to be overly bureaucratic during project meetings. For instance, I'd strictly follow the agenda down to the number of minutes spent on each item. Unfortunately, this doesn't give everyone the chance to bounce ideas off of each other. Worse, they would leave the meeting feeling unheard. After receiving the feedback, I realized that my job wasn't to enforce deadlines; it was to facilitate a smooth workflow for everyone and ultimately get the best results out of every task. I learned to be more flexible in meetings. Instead of being too focused on quantity, I focused on the quality of information we all left the meeting with. Because I mostly work with creative thinkers, I also learned to give them collaborative space, even if that meant I'd have to spend some one-on-one time with them to help draw out some ideas and solidify deliverables."