So here’s an important question for managers: how much of your week do you spend in meetings?  

I suspect that the answer is probably “A lot.” Too often back-to-back  meetings are becoming the norm throughout the business world, leaving everyone frazzled and farther behind at the end of each day.  We need to ask ourselves why does this happen? It sure seems as though  pointless recurring meetings are one kind of calendar crud. Just as bad  are ad-hoc meetings – those meetings that aren’t planned but get added  whenever something comes up. Taken together, all of these meetings can  easily quickly take over your calendar no matter how good your manager  skills are. 

How can a manager help their team deal with this overflow of meetings?