The Truth About Why We Love To Hate Meetings
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THE TRUTH ABOUT WHY WE
LOVE TO HATE
MEETINGSresourcefulmanager.com
IN A
PERFECTWORLD
IN A
PERFECTWORLD
“Wow, what a great meeting!”
IN A
PERFECTWORLD
“Wow, what a great meeting!”
“We got SO many things accomplished!”
IN A
PERFECTWORLD
“Wow, what a great meeting!”
“We got SO many things accomplished!”
“Man, I just LOVE me some meetings!”
YEAH… RIGHT.
SO WHAT IS IT
ABOUTMEETINGS
THAT MAKES US
JUST HATETHEM SO MUCH?
SURVEY
SAYS
BIGGEST ISSUESPeople Protecting Turf
44.7%1-2 People Dominate
38.3%Defensiveness
34.6%Internal Politics
31.7%People Not Prepared
30.9%
BUT DEPENDS ON WHO’S IN CHARGEWHEN I CHAIR THEM
ARE EFFECTIVELY RUN
WHEN OTHERS CHAIR THEM
ARE INEFFICIENTLY RUN
Executives and managers say meetings they
are in charge of.
Meetings that other executives and managers chair.
90.4%
34.8%
TOO MANY?Most think the number of
meetings is about right, although
32% of top execs say they
attend too many.
61.6%
22.4%
16.0%
Right number of meetings
Too many meetings
Not enough meetings
BY THE NUMBERS
38.7%
40.5%
Execs and managers say 44.8%of meetings they attend they
accomplish nothing.
38.7% of the last 10meetings attended did not start on time.
40.5% of the last 10 meetings attended didnot end on time.
BY THE NUMBERS
38.7%
40.5%
Execs and managers say 44.8%of meetings they attend they
accomplish nothing.
38.7% of the last 10meetings attended did not start on time.
40.5% of the last 10 meetings attended didnot end on time.
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