{"id":1295,"date":"2012-07-09T11:36:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T16:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2024-05-27T14:34:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T19:34:21","slug":"take-a-break-from-meeting-monotony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/take-a-break-from-meeting-monotony\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Away from Meeting Monotony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1295\" class=\"elementor elementor-1295\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7909efd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7909efd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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live with &#8217;em. Can&#8217;t live without &#8217;em<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Studies show that 49% of managers feel that they are wasting at least 3 hours per week in meetings.\u00a0 Over a year, that adds up to nearly 20 working days that you&#8217;ll never get back.\u00a0 How can you recapture some of that time?<\/p><h3>Here&#8217;s an Idea<\/h3><p>One possible solution comes from a Wall Street Journal Article: <em>No More Angling for the Best Seat; More Meetings Are Stand-Up Jobs<\/em>.\u00a0 It discusses how some companies ban sitting to speed things up.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a video summary.\u00a0 They don&#8217;t mention if the dog in the photo gets a chance to contribute.<\/p><h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marylea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1898\" title=\"huddle1\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/270690555_2978a8ea7e-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Huddle\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Start The Play Clock<\/h3><p>During a football game, plans\u00a0 are needed for every play.\u00a0 But there&#8217;s no place for conference tables and chairs on the field.\u00a0 So teams have long used huddles to organize their next play.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a built-in sense of urgency as game rules require a football team to figure things out in less than a minute.\u00a0 Are there times when you could huddle your team instead of the traditional more formal, drawn out table-and-chairs format?<\/p><h5><strong>The Benefits<\/strong><\/h5><ol><li>Faster decisions<\/li><li>Reduced meeting time<\/li><li>Tighter focus on the agenda<\/li><\/ol><h5><strong>The Pitfalls<br \/><\/strong><\/h5><ul><li>Less written notes<\/li><li>Input from some participants could be lost<\/li><li>If the devil is in the details you&#8217;re more likely to meet him<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/huddleMS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"huddleMS\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/huddleMS-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"Business Huddle\" width=\"240\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;ve Always Done It That Way<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h3><p>The fact that you&#8217;ve always scheduled a one-hour, weekly, conference room meeting doesn&#8217;t mean you should continue the practice. How may of your meetings would be better served by a stand-up format? Is it possible to cover the routine bullet points in seconds rather than minutes? Are you or your meeting participants using meeting time to use their smart phones under the table?<\/p><p>When it comes to meetings should you be huddling more and sitting less?\u00a0 When your agenda can be limited to brief updates about progress and obstacles and you&#8217;re willing to huddle up or sit down to meet and address\u00a0 the finer points, consider huddling.<\/p><p><strong>Other Resources<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Patrick Lencioni&#8217;s book\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Death-Meeting-Leadership-Fable-About-Business\/dp\/0787968056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable&#8230;About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/the-door-to-my-office-is-always-open-or-is-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Door to My Office is Always Open<\/a><\/li><li>Football Huddle Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marylea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MaryLea<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marylea\/270690555\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flickr<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Commons<\/a><\/li><li>Will Turner&#8217;s blog post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.refuseordinary.com\/are-meetings-a-waste-of-time-9-things-to-super-charge-your-next-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are Meetings A Waste Of Time? 9 Ways To Super-Charge Your Next One<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The more senior your position, the more meetings you attend.  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