Pitiful Meetings

Kimberly Douglas - November 19, 2009

Communications Management Decision Making Leadership ProjectsAtWork

If your project team members hear “meeting at 3:00” and think, “Another waste of my time,” then it’s about time for a meeting overhaul. Meetings can be important team-building and idea-generating opportunities, but only if they are conducted the right way. Here are 10 pitfalls of pitiful meetings and how to fix them.

It’s Friday afternoon, and your project team is filing into the conference room, mumbling and grumbling as they take their seats for yet another meeting. An hour passes and the meeting comes to a much-anticipated end, leaving everyone involved wondering why the meeting was held in the first place. After all, the usual suspects dominated the discussion, and the same ideas and issues that came up in last week’s meeting were once again batted around. If this kind of ineffective meeting sounds familiar, you’re not alone. It’s a problem that plagues many organizations — but it’s also one that can be remedied.

The question of productivity is a huge issue when it comes to meetings. According to a Microsoft survey of over 38,000 employees, almost 70 percent felt that the average 5.6 hours they spend each week in meetings are unproductive. Another survey conducted by OfficeTeam had 28 percent of its 150 senior executives responding that meetings are a waste of time. Furthermore, 45 percent of …

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