Meeting juju

I think I've referred to "juju" in some of my previous posts. I was having coffee with a friend and colleague yesterday and we were discussing the need to work through some of what I call bad juju in meetings. She thought it best when people can just lay it all on the table, and work through whatever interpersonal challenges or power struggles might be causing the meeting struggles. I contend that a Lay It All on the Table strategy requires a fair amount of self awareness from the meeting participants. And if that self awareness doesn't exist, you can't work through the juju.