Are You Having Too Many Meetings?
Meetings can be a very productive way to get multiple people up to speed, handle an issue efficiently or provide useful information to a group. On the other hand, they can occasionally be an unproductive use of time, which could potentially cost you and your employees valuable opportunities to get essential work done. That's why it' important to only hold necessary meetings that have a specific objective. But how do you know which meetings are going to be productive? Here are four questions every boss should ask himself or herself before scheduling meetings:1. Could This Meeting Be Held in Another Way? The first step in deciding whether a meeting will be productive is to determine if there's another way to share the information easily and effectively. Here's an example: If you want to give someone a quick update regarding…