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To Meet or Not to Meet?What are the Questions? Business Articles | April 22, 2004 Meetings can be a total waste of time or a powerful and ... ... tool that solve ... ... ideas, promote team spirit and generate action. The results lie totally in how they
Meetings can be a total waste of time or a powerful and productive communication tool that solve problems, stimulate ideas, promote team spirit and generate action. The results lie totally in how they are run. Organized and well-managed meetings will inevitably produce effective results. Whereas, meetings that are poorly managed lack purpose and focus are a total waste of an organization?s time and money.
From my observations working with hundreds of different companies Adidas NMD C2 Suomi , I have noticed that people seem to be meeting more, enjoying it less and frustrated that they have so little time to get their ?real? work done. They talk about meetings as being a ?necessary evil.? Research conducted by the Annenberg School of Communications at UCLA and the University of Minnesota?s Training & Development Research Center show that executives on average spend 40-50% of their working hours in meetings. The studies also point out that as much as 50% of meeting time is unproductive and that up to 25% is spent discussing irrelevant issues.
I have certainly had more than my fair share of the good, the bad and the ugly meetings, both as a paid employee and as a volunteer. I have also experienced the wonderful sense of satisfaction from productive sessions, as well as the frustration and anger from ineffective sessions. I believe that the key to success lies not only in the preparation and organization, but also in the way in which the meeting is managed. When ego and power can be put aside Adidas NMD XR4 Suomi , it is so much easier to get on with the task at hand.
All of this begs to ask the question, ?Are meetings really necessary?? Well, sometimes they are and sometimes they aren?t. Wisdom is knowing the difference and fully understanding this primary question.
Are Meetings Really Necessary?
Inherent as part of our society is the need to come together with others to share information, make decisions, plan, discuss Adidas NMD Racer Suomi , talk things over, argue, question, iron out differences, compare notes, gossip Adidas NMD R2 Suomi , and much more. Families, schools, clubs, businesses and governments comprise groups of men, women and children all coming together for a specific purpose. All of this means that meeting is a natural function of our existence.
As humans we need the connection with others to survive. Very few people chose to be a hermit and seclude themselves from others. Although, I am sure Adidas NMD CS2 Suomi , like me, many of you reading this may have fantasized about being alone on a desert island, far away from the trials and tribulations of everyday life. We also need to belong, communicate and share a common purpose with likeminded individuals.
The reality is that doing things alone for any length of time is counterproductive. It is only when we work in partnership with others and pool our resources that things get done in a more efficient and effective way.
Meetings are becoming even more necessary for people?s survival with the plethora of entrepreneurs operating from home-based businesses, employees telecommuting or working endless hours in front of computer screens. The need for human interaction is critical. Not to mention the fact that meetings also minimize or eliminate many of those popular time-wasting activities such as phone tag, unnecessary e-mails Adidas NMD Chukka Suomi , or volumes of paper.
But, when we consider the myriads of business meetings that take place every year, there are many, you know as well as I, which should never have taken place. Now the $64,000 question is ?When to hold a meeting (and when not to)?
Thirteen Reasons to Hold a Meeting?
Deciding to hold a meeting should be a serious consideration since there are so many costs involved Adidas NMD CS1 Suomi , direct and indirect ? people?s time and productivity, for example. So, the first thing is for the person wanting to hold the meeting to determine how necessary it is to meet. Here is a list of thirteen major reasons people need to meet: