THE TRUTH ABOUT WHY WE

LOVE TO HATE

MEETINGSresourcefulmanager.com

IN A

PERFECTWORLD

IN A

PERFECTWORLD

“Wow, what a great meeting!”

IN A

PERFECTWORLD

“Wow, what a great meeting!”

“We got SO many things accomplished!”

IN A

PERFECTWORLD

“Wow, what a great meeting!”

“We got SO many things accomplished!”

“Man, I just LOVE me some meetings!”

YEAH… RIGHT.

SO WHAT IS IT

ABOUTMEETINGS

THAT MAKES US

JUST HATETHEM SO MUCH?

SURVEY

SAYS

BIGGEST ISSUESPeople Protecting Turf

44.7%1-2 People Dominate

38.3%Defensiveness

34.6%Internal Politics

31.7%People Not Prepared

30.9%

BUT DEPENDS ON WHO’S IN CHARGEWHEN I CHAIR THEM

ARE EFFECTIVELY RUN

WHEN OTHERS CHAIR THEM

ARE INEFFICIENTLY RUN

Executives and managers say meetings they

are in charge of.

Meetings that other executives and managers chair.

90.4%

34.8%

TOO MANY?Most think the number of

meetings is about right, although

32% of top execs say they

attend too many.

61.6%

22.4%

16.0%

Right number of meetings

Too many meetings

Not enough meetings

BY THE NUMBERS

38.7%

40.5%

Execs and managers say 44.8%of meetings they attend they

accomplish nothing.

38.7% of the last 10meetings attended did not start on time.

40.5% of the last 10 meetings attended didnot end on time.

BY THE NUMBERS

38.7%

40.5%

Execs and managers say 44.8%of meetings they attend they

accomplish nothing.

38.7% of the last 10meetings attended did not start on time.

40.5% of the last 10 meetings attended didnot end on time.

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