Bad apple

We've all been in meetings with a "bad apple." That one person who turns the meeting sour, saps the energy from the room, lowers the productivity ratio. I'm not sure how to handle the meeting with the bad apple, but it's been weighing on my mind. I started this blog because I love a well-run, productive meeting and because I can't stand meetings that waste everybody's time. I think there is a certain magic, a synergy, that lights up a room when a group of people click with each other. And that bad apple just makes the room stink.