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Why is my calendar full of invites to meetings that are not a good use of my time? Is it because you’ve not been clear about the meeting invites you’ll accept? Is it because you make it easy for people to invite you to meetings without them having to be clear about their purpose? Time to take control.
Meetings, meetings and more meetings. Some great tips to make the meetings you hold matter more to your attendees. It's a great reminder for me as I'm guilty of holding meetings without an agenda or plan...which does sometimes mean that they don't always achieve the required objective!
Are you planning your calendar for next year? If so, this is a great reminder that some meetings could be emails, and some weekly meetings could be biweekly…between now and January 3, are there any standing meetings that can be changed to give you or the other person time for deep work? #timemanagement
To cut down on pointless meetings, ask yourself a series of questions next time you get an urge to schedule one.
Meetings are a big part of work today. But many meetings don’t really need to be meetings. An email would do the job. And many meetings that should happen (because there's actually a good reason to get a group of people together in real-time) still fail to achieve their purpose. Join our Meetup session on May 16 to learn and practice the DAVID approach so you can run an effective meeting, every time. https://lnkd.in/e_PuKS_U
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Harvard Business Review is spot on here. Meetings for the sake of meetings are the antithesis of productivity. I always try to respect my team’s and my client’s time by asking myself, is this a meeting or an email. That said, the concept goes both ways. If you find yourself going back and forth more than a couple of times in email for clarification…it’s time to either pick up the phone or schedule a meeting…something that is often missed.
To cut down on pointless meetings, ask yourself a series of questions next time you get an urge to schedule one.
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Great perspective! On highlighting the decision tree to scheduling that meeting. For the many futile hours that teams n managers, spend on meetings that just fill up the calendar to seem busy or important, reducing productivity and takes away the time that is required to be reflective and evaluate issues n challenges or effectively connect with team members or stakeholders .
To cut down on pointless meetings, ask yourself a series of questions next time you get an urge to schedule one.
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Worth your time reading this article ~ it could save you hours in unnecessary meetings.
To cut down on pointless meetings, ask yourself a series of questions next time you get an urge to schedule one.
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Can get alot more done
To cut down on pointless meetings, ask yourself a series of questions next time you get an urge to schedule one.
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