The evidence is in about meetings... and here's what it means for you
Travis Thomas
No-Nonsense Leadership Coaching and Programs That Deliver Results as CEO & Executive Coach @ Team Buffalo. MBA, GAICD, BPsych, Grad Dip Psychology Advanced (in-progress)
Through coaching hundreds of leaders, I've found that anywhere from 30% to 70% (true story) of leaders' time can be spent in meetings. That's an eye-watering number if you consider what the average meeting is like...
Picture it:
You're in one of many "recurring" meetings. The agenda? A routine update broadcasted to a group of people in the room. As you scan the room, you see Joe from accounting barely staying awake, Tony from sales thumbing through his emails, and Jane, the project manager, updating spreadsheets on a laptop (unrelated to the meeting, of course). Then, there is you... you're oscillating between doodling, thinking about that team member you need to chat with, and slowly starting to wonder how many days are left till your next holiday. As you reflect, you notice your jaw is clenched and your shoulders are bunched up.
By all objective measures, you're disengaged in the meeting and, if we are honest, are frustrated with how these meetings never change.?
You're not alone, per the stats...
A survey of 5,000 workers conducted by Atlassian, an Australian-leading company, revealed that 72% of meetings are ineffective. That is profoundly saddening.
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If meetings are ineffective, you must be wondering why. Here were the five stand-out reasons the survey found:
Enter you, the leader who has our secret recipe (below)
I deliver an inordinate amount of team development work (with high and low-performing teams), helping those teams understand their operating rhythms (behaviours, routines, processes and practices). Within that, there is always a need to reset their meeting practices. To do this, these are the areas each leader must get right in their meetings:
Struggling to implement this or feeling your meetings have lost their spice? Message me to boost your meeting game.
Executive Coach & Workplace Mediator | Creating breakthrough results for teams and executives | Former C-suite leader | Certified ICF, Working Genius, The Five Behaviors, Gallup Strengths
8 个月With days filled with meetings, having effective meetings is critical to a leader’s success. Using The Six Types of Working Genius as a guide for productive meetings is also helpful. It guides you to leverage strengths and ensure you stay on topic. Nice article Travis Thomas
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8 个月I have an AI listening into all of my meetings and it improves them