Meeting Madness!
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In a recent article from HBR, we learn that meetings are:
- 65% = Interruptive
- 71% = Unproductive
- 62% = Miss opportunities (to bring the team closer together)
Meetings are supposed to improve creativity and productivity—but they do the opposite when they’re excessive, badly scheduled, and/or poorly run. Here are some additional points from the article:
- Companies with “dysfunctional meetings were associated with lower levels of market share, innovation and employment stability.”
- Declaring “meeting-free periods” and enforcing those time restrictions resulted in fewer wasteful meetings
- “Meetings do not have to be a trap; they can be a conduit for change. . . In the end, better meetings –and better work lives—result.”