2. Funny, shocking and Interesting statistics on meetings
from MeetingKing
1. 37 percent of employee time is spent in meetings
2. Managers attend more than 60 meetings per month
3. 47% consider too many meetings the biggest waste of
time
4. 39% of meeting participants admitted to dozing off
during a meeting
5. Over 70% brought other work to meetings
6. It is estimated that 25-50% of meeting time is wasted
7. The researchers found that the more meetings employees
attended, the more exhausted they felt and the higher they
perceived their workload to be
4. Google’s Meeting Rules
1. Every meeting needs a leader
2. The meeting needs a clear purpose and
structure
3. Meetings used for sharing information or
brainstorming still need owners
4. Have a meeting only if it's necessary
5. Don't include more than eight people
6. Include only the necessary people, and no more
7. Strictly follow time constraints
8. Be fully present in the meeting
Prompts
5. Things to Thank Steve Jobs For
How to Have a Great Meeting
1. Throw out the least necessary person at
the table.
2. Walk out of this meeting if it lasts more
than 30 minutes.
3. Do something productive today to make
up for the time you spent here.
Prompts
8. The following slides are included because
they have been helpful from time to time in
Meeting Guideline Sessions …
9. Universal Rules for Meetings
of a Performance Company
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10. Work Focused Improvement
... in a nutshell
Endorse & understand the underlying premise: When a
group of people work in concert to advance the business, a
by-product of the effort is a better functioning social unit
Distinguish between the two basic types of work: linear
and non-linear and design all business mechanisms to
match the work
Focus on the work, performance and result, not on …
– Hygiene: company policy, wages, working conditions, security,
status, supervision, and interpersonal relationships
– Feelings & Emotions
– Turf, politics, personality, or blame
Be a student of management and build a profound
understanding of all leadership and management
mechanisms, tactics, and concepts
Background
11. Work within an established process Work on a case by case basis
Focus on facts (descriptive) Focus on opinions (evaluative: characteristic
based)
Communicate openly Communicate guardedly
Be preoccupied with the work and
performance
Be preoccupied with hygiene, personalities,
turf, politics, emotions, blame, and credit
Exhibit respect for group member opinions Exhibit intolerance of others opinions
Driven by priorities and knowledge of what
flows to bottomline
Use deadlines to delay action in short term &
then extend deadlines in small increments
Deliberate with all key impactors Decide by power play or control of
information
Refer to recorded plan (or Advancement) Fly by seat of pants
Live by consensus, tradeoffs, accommodation Live by confrontation & stonewalling
Do as you say Don’t do as you say or just don’t say
Build and value trust Ignore trust considerations
Work Group Assessment
Robust Fragile
Organizational Dynamics