WHY ARE ORGANIZATIONS TOLERATING WASTED MEETING TIME AND LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE?
Could You Use An Additional 1 ¼ FREE Days Every Week, Without Spending More Time On The Job?
Think about your work week. What activity occupies most of your time? If you’re like most executives, managers and team leaders, the answer is simple … meetings! Our professional lives are consumed with endless, back-to-back meetings and team related activities.
The majority of the thousands of leaders I have consulted with, taught and coached, spend at least 50% of the work week in meetings. That might be acceptable if meetings were wildly productive, or at least entertaining, but they aren’t.
These 2 ½ days per week, week after week, year after year, are shamefully low on the productivity scale… not just for you, but for everyone, remotely or otherwise involved.
Leaders report another sobering reality … only 50% of their meeting time is useful! Welcome to the 50-50 Club™!
Leadership spends at least 50% of its time in meetings and team related activities with only 50% considered useful. Their message: 1 ¼ days of every work week are being wasted! Multiply that by the number of meetings that take place organization-wide every year and you will have a sense of the enormity of the problem and the staggering amount of money left on the table.
There is no need to continue to slosh around in the “abyssness” of the deepest Circles of Meeting Suffering, accepting a reality we can easily change with a common methodology, language and practical tools.
Ask yourself:
1. Does any of the above hit home for you?
2. At what cost has the 50-50 Club™ impacted your area? Your organization?
3. In this era of Continuous Improvement and Lean practices, why are organizations not tracking, measuring and monitoring the efficiency and effectiveness of their meetings?
4. Are you looking to maximize meeting time, save money and permanently cancel your 50-50 Club™ membership?
About the author: For over 30 years, Rich has been a trusted leadership adviser, coach and bridge builder. He is well-known for his personal coaching style and his unique ability to align organizations and teams, driving engagement, fast results and lasting transformational change.