Weekend Boost No. 146
MEETINGS NEED A TIMEOUT.
This is the conclusion I'm walking away with this week after waiting for latecomers, showing up late myself (thanks to meetings running over), and hearing my clients and friends vent about endless, back-to-back meetings.
That said, I know some of the greatest are solved and ideas emerge when we're in relationship and that usually leads to the phrase..."let's set up a meeting." So, I'm sharing two resources that might help--but more importantly, I encourage you to take just 10 minutes to try out the practice I've recommended. Trust me, it'll be worth it!
First, a podcast episode from Stanford that shares the basics on effective meetings and how to structure them. There's a part two - if you're up for it.
Second, how do you know if what you're working on requires a meeting - or an email? This short article offers a rubric.
THE PRACTICE
Take a look at a list of your meetings from last week. How much time were these meetings in total?
Of these meetings - how much time in each was spent actually...
Solving a problem?
Discussing strategy?
Building a relationship?
Do the math, what percentage of your time in meetings created something that the team or organization needed that could not have been created through email?
How does this land for you? What learning emerges?
