When people say that they despise meetings, what they are really expressing is their frustration with having to sit through protracted and unproductive meetings. People despise meetings where “minutes are taken, but hours are wasted,” where nothing meaningful is ever accomplished. Most meetings among professional groups are disorganized. People rarely seem to speak to the topic at hand, time is wasted on trivial items not on the agenda, and a specific course of action is rarely agreed on.
You cannot afford to invest time in gathering numerous people together if doing so does not advance the accomplishment of your group’s goals. To tackle this situation, it is useful to discuss “meeting rules” with your group. We suggest you begin by asking your group to debate: “What benefits should we expect to get out of meeting together as a group?”
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