Communication – Personal Development – Business

by Marsha Petrie Sue, MBA, CSP

A major business publication estimates that more than 11 million meetings are held every business day. We all attend meetings that are boring and a waste of time.

The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.

—Thomas Sowell, American economist

Reviewing the painful aspects of poorly planned meetings solves nothing. Understanding what makes successful meetings is time well spent.

8. Ask for Q&A before the meeting closes, with action items. You want people to walk away with what they need to do instead of the answer to the last question.

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by Marsha Petrie Sue, MBA, CSP

Death by Meeting:

A major business publication estimates that more than 11 million meetings are held every business day. We all attend meetings that are boring and a waste of time and money.

A committee of three often gets more done if two don’t show up.

—Herbert V. Prochnow

Reviewing the painful aspects of poorly planned meetings solves nothing. Understanding what makes successful meetings is time well spent.

Is your two-hour meeting worth $576?

1. Add together the per-hour salaries or hourly pay of all the people who attended a meeting.

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One of our readers asked a great questions on how to better manage Toxic Meetings. Use these Quick and Easy steps to STOP THEM and the difficult people in meetings!

My suggestion is to ask the group if they would like to spend less time in meetings and get a raise of hands. On a flip chart or white board, ask them what rules they would like to implement. You can start with a suggestion.

I’ve included some considerations below. Ask for an “OK” that these are acceptable ground rules. Type them out and begin every meeting with these rules to reduce the time spent in meetings.

Tags: communicate, dealing with difficult people, meetings, sanity by admin
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