Send to KindleLeading Meetings – Time is Slippin
Time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin, into the future. OK Steve Miller was not talking about meetings. But he makes a good point that is certainly relevant to good meetings.
Too often, leaders chairing meetings don’t take other’s time into account. They start late, run over, or generally waste attendee’s time. Here are a couple of thoughts about time management for meetings.
Next time you’re in a meeting look around the room. Estimate the average salary and benefits cost of everyone in the room. Multiply that number by the number of people at the meeting. That gives you a rough idea of what the meeting costs. Are you getting a good return on that cost?
How long do your meetings last? I have a general rule that anything over an hour is a seminar and you need to provide refreshments. The hour limit is because most people can’t concentrate any longer than that without a break. Generally, you should be able to accomplish what you need to in an hour so keep you meetings to that limit.
Indeed, time is slippin away. Don’t waste it.
