The Purpose of Meetings
I have read with interest some posts on having meetings, what gets done and how useful they actually are. It has been indicated that when you are in a meeting you don’t have to actually work. The number of times people have said to me they have been really busy all day in meetings, I ask myself but what actually has been achieved. Granted some meetings do have their use, but do you need to have as many meetings in a week as we all do……
Speaking to a Solicitor recently he said that every Monday morning they have a meeting talking about the weeks work, everybody has an opportunity to talk about what they need to do, but when it comes to it, they can all virtually predict what each other is going to say and most don’t actually have a plan…… most of the good stuff is done when they are down the pub in a relaxed atmosphere, so in effect 2 ½ hours are wasted each morning, and the only reason they have a meeting is because they always have one…….
The philosophy I follow when I have meetings with my business partners is
1. AOB – gets the stuff out of the way, ensures meeting finishes on high
2. Success’s since last meeting
3. 6 Objectives for the week, (or until the next meeting)
4. Time, date and duration of next meeting……