EP 43 - Meeting Madness

When it comes to meetings, LESS is more...

Transcript

Managers now average 23 hours a week in meetings, up from 10 hours in the 1960s. Companies are trying to promote a more collaborative culture, but it’s actually hurting employee productivity.

So, when it comes to meetings - “less is more!”

• Less meetings;

• Less people attending;

• And less time in the meeting.

Ted-Talks are limited to 18-minutes, because that’s the outer limit of an adult's attention span; and the ideal meeting size is between 5 to 8 participants.

• So cut every meeting in half;

• Make weekly meetings bi-weekly;

• Only invite people that really need to be there;

• Make some meetings optional;

• And never call a meeting that can be done through chat.

If you do that, the meetings you conduct will be much more productive; people will know they’re important; and who knows? They may even look forward to them!