by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Team Effectiveness |
How many of your meetings begin with people opening their laptops, ostensibly to take notes and reference documents? Most of us know they are really answering email, conversing on social media and cruising the Internet because we’re doing it too. How effective...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Team Effectiveness |
Marcia confided, “I avoid the team meetings whenever I can. They take way too long and drive me crazy. There are a couple of guys who go on and on about stuff that doesn’t matter.” They might think they’re showing how clever they are, but...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Team Effectiveness |
Most managers spend about 35% to 50% of their time in meetings. And most team members report it is a waste of time. This is because they are meetings that don’t matter to anyone other than the team leader. Although it is not clearly stated, the purpose of most...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Team Effectiveness |
Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone thanked you at the end of the meeting and told you how glad they were to have been there? How likely is that to happen? A recent study found that for the second year in a row, workers reported meetings as “the biggest distraction...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Communication, Leadership, Purpose, Team Effectiveness |
I spent my 50th birthday at the most boring meeting of my life. At one point I had to pinch myself under the table to keep from falling asleep. I’ve attended a lot of meetings that are a waste of time – it’s part of my job. (I help teams improve their performance and...