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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 817361" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>Hi Emmotha. I had a very bad time with pointless, directionless meetings at one stage. Where I work, people seem to judge eachother on how full their diaries are with meetings and there is this 'macho' culture of not taking lunch, eating in meetings while loudly declaring there isn't a single slot in your diary available for lunch all day and just running from one meeting to another with no preparation and no intention of actually doing any of the actions. In fact, people spend the whole time in meetings not engaged with the meeting, but doing their email on laptops and smartphones because they don't have sufficient time at their desks to do their work. However, meetings are a waste of time unless they are structured:</p><p></p><p>1. Clear objective</p><p>2. Time-bound agenda</p><p>3. Attendees well-prepared with previous action updates ready - in fact, collect these in advance and only discuss actions which have not been reported on</p><p>4. Clear decisions</p><p>5. Clearly-allocated actions with timescales for which an individual will be held accountable</p><p>6. Notes with outcome and actions with timescales from the meeting produced very quickly afterwards</p><p></p><p>Run your meetings like it to show it is effective. Explain to your manager that it's not that you don't want to be co-operative , you just want/need meetings to be more efficient with well-defined objectives and outcomes. Give him examples of meetings where this hasn't been the case. Suggest this structure as a standard for meetings to your manager - it is very hard to disagree with as it is best practice and makes effective use of limited, expensive time. It will also show you are making positive suggestions to fit more work into limited time if you ever need to prove that. You'll be surprised how many meetings disappear from your diary if they require preparation, structure, action and accountability on the part of the organiser and attendees. We now have a rule 'no agenda, no meeting'.</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 817361, member: 29301"] Hi Emmotha. I had a very bad time with pointless, directionless meetings at one stage. Where I work, people seem to judge eachother on how full their diaries are with meetings and there is this 'macho' culture of not taking lunch, eating in meetings while loudly declaring there isn't a single slot in your diary available for lunch all day and just running from one meeting to another with no preparation and no intention of actually doing any of the actions. In fact, people spend the whole time in meetings not engaged with the meeting, but doing their email on laptops and smartphones because they don't have sufficient time at their desks to do their work. However, meetings are a waste of time unless they are structured: 1. Clear objective 2. Time-bound agenda 3. Attendees well-prepared with previous action updates ready - in fact, collect these in advance and only discuss actions which have not been reported on 4. Clear decisions 5. Clearly-allocated actions with timescales for which an individual will be held accountable 6. Notes with outcome and actions with timescales from the meeting produced very quickly afterwards Run your meetings like it to show it is effective. Explain to your manager that it's not that you don't want to be co-operative , you just want/need meetings to be more efficient with well-defined objectives and outcomes. Give him examples of meetings where this hasn't been the case. Suggest this structure as a standard for meetings to your manager - it is very hard to disagree with as it is best practice and makes effective use of limited, expensive time. It will also show you are making positive suggestions to fit more work into limited time if you ever need to prove that. You'll be surprised how many meetings disappear from your diary if they require preparation, structure, action and accountability on the part of the organiser and attendees. We now have a rule 'no agenda, no meeting'. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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