Master the Meeting
Posted May 31, 2018 in Management
Famed businessman Peter Drucker once said, “Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetings, the better.”
Meetings eat up the most valuable resource your team has—time—and when they’re unfocused or unproductive they can also drain team members’ energy, lower morale and lead to bad ideas.
Before scheduling your next meeting, consider if it’s really necessary or if the needed work, discussions or status updates can be accomplished via email. If an in-person meeting really is in order, here are seven tips for making them more effective:
1. Have an agenda. Meetings without agendas are just coffee breaks. Every planned meeting should have a written agenda that states who’s leading the meeting, items...
