Have you ever been in a meeting and thought to yourself, “This is a waste of my time. Why am I here?” While meetings have the potential to produce great new ideas, reinvigorate the team, and facilitate collaboration, they also have the potential to steal valuable time from other important work.
I once read an article on the Hubspot blog that suggested nine ways to make meetings more effective. Many times in my career, I’ve found myself sitting in someone else’s overly long meeting, seeing others staring at their phones, and thinking about all the disrupted workflows that were being squandered by a non-existent or abandoned agenda.
If you ever find meetings to be a waste of time, I highly recommend reading the article and working these suggestions into your next meeting.
