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Want to better manage your time? Start by looking at the meetings that consume the clear majority of the average executive’s schedule.
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Reducing meeting time may not be realistic,
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You can also get more from your meetings, simple as it might sound, by clarifying the meeting’s goal.
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That’s why I’m a fanatic on the topic of time management. But when you use that term, people think, ‘Here’s an adult with a brain. And he’s teaching time management. Find something more important, please.’ But something more important doesn’t exist.”
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72%
of the average CEO’s work time is spent in meetings, and nearly …
last an hour or more
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You’re in a meeting. Everyone’s a bit stressed, because something’s going wrong. It’s very easy to go straight to the problem and say, ‘How do we fix this?’ But if you start first by saying, ‘When did we handle this well in the past, and what does that tell us?’ you take people out of the defensive frame of mind, which allows them to think more clearly.”
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Caroline Webb, CEO, Sevenshift
Decision meeting
Goal: action
Decision(s) identified, and decision makers are in the room
Active facilitation; 6–8 attendees
Discussion meeting
Goal: consideration
Discussion topics identified
Active dialogue by attendees; 8 to 20 attendees;
Information-sharing meeting
Goal: awareness
Topics noted in agenda, though others may arise
One-way communication from speaker; 2 to 2,000 + attendees
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