Why Most Meetings Aren’t Needed

We have all endured our share of long, boring and unproductive meetings.  In reality, I have lead many of them and may be more of the problem than the solution.  The transition from a positional model of leadership to a more participatory model is driving some of this problem.  This post by Brad Lomenick was very helpful to me:

“I have to be honest- I despise most meetings. Now don’t get me wrong, some meetings are important and needed. I love brainstorming and creative meetings when there is lots of energy and ideas being thrown out. I like meetings where ideas are being moved to completion.”

I will start using some of his suggestions, Read More …