Quite often in organizations with an entrenched hierarchy and a turf-conscious middle management, meetings become an important part of the organizational culture. There is an underlying struggle for power and influence over the organization’s policies, vision and future. Some people actually put on their “game-face” in meetings, knowing that meetings can be serious business. There […]
If you are anything like the rest of us you dread meetings. You have to take time off from whatever deadline it is you struggling to meet and yet the hours wasted twiddling your thumbs are your problem; even as your boss rambles on and on about monthly goals, how many reams of paper your […]
I hate meetings. You hate meetings. We all hate meetings. Right? Actually, wrong. I really don’t hate meetings, at least not all meetings. Sure, I’ve been to my fair share of agonizing please-shoot-me-before-I-die timewasters, but don’t hate the meeting. It’s not to blame. Meetings get a bad rap because the people leading them are unfocused, […]
Much of corporate America has become mired in the bureaucratic muck of meetings. A giant boardroom sloth, it is the stereotypical materialization of inefficiency. Attendees fighting sleep, texting, tweeting, or playing the latest app on smartphones and tablets come to mind more quickly than the ideas of collaboration, communication, and working toward a common goal. […]
