Why Your Meetings Are Not Working

1. No agenda.

2. No preparation.

3. Not enough lead time.

4. Not the right environment.

5. Too long.

6. The wrong people.

7. No decisions made.

8. No follow through.

Which of these describe your meetings?

10 thoughts on “Why Your Meetings Are Not Working

  1. Great list. I would add: no strong leadership, no clear purpose…and the most important: nobody to step up and admit this meeting could have been done with just a memo.

    1. @al.pittampalli Al, yes, great point.

      I see meetings all the time that could have been a memo, email, or simply a phone call between 2 people.

  2. Great list. I would add: no strong leadership, no clear purpose…and the most important: nobody to step up and admit this meeting could have been done with just a memo.

  3. @al.pittampalli Al, yes, great point.

    I see meetings all the time that could have been a memo, email, or simply a phone call between 2 people.

    1. @aeaaron Absolutely!

      Want to see a quick meeting? Have all the participants standing. It will be short. πŸ™‚

  4. @aeaaron Absolutely!

    Want to see a quick meeting? Have all the participants standing. It will be short. πŸ™‚

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