How would you describe meetings you have attended in the past? Better yet… How would your team describe your meetings? Over the past 20 years, I have asked that question to over 1200 audience. Here are the most popular answers.

The Most Popular Responses to “How Would You Describe Your Meetings?

1. “Meetings are looooooooooong,” and
2. “Meetings are BOW-ring (this workshop was actually held in my hometown of Fort Worth, Texas – thus the Texas twang.)”

Those two responses almost always come up when I ask the question. Other answers include:

• Wastes of time.
• Non-productive.
• Confrontational.
• Inefficient.
• and Repetitive.

Every once in a while, I get a response like positive, informative, or necessary. However, usually the other participants gang-up against the person very quickly.

When People Are In Meetings, No Work Is Being Produced.

Most people believe that business meetings are necessary evils, and in many cases, they are. But one of the most important things we can remember about business meetings is to NOT have one unless it is absolutely necessary. When your employees and coworkers are in staff meetings, they are not producing. Nothing is ever produced until after the meeting is over. My first advice to people who want to make meetings more effective is to have fewer of them.

For full show notes go to Developing Efficient Meetings

https://www.leadersinstitute.com/articles/developing-efficient-meetings/