How do you reduce the number of meetings at work?
Lodovico Sella
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Scheduling several meetings will squeeze down the productivity of the employees. These recurring meetings tend to pull the team members away from their desks, leading to a drop in their work hours.
What do you think? How many meetings a week are considerable? How do you plan to cut short the count of meetings?
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Alexander Eser@alexander_eser
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We follow the mindset of working asynchronous by default and synchronous when really needed. (Here's some extra info about asynchronous work: https://www.rock.so/blog/asynchr...)
We implement this by relying on tasks and notes to get work done, and sometimes messages to sync up.
Then for 1:1 chats or things that cannot be solved through task management we have Meetings that are as short as possible and typically require an agenda. :)
Personally have around 3-4 meetings on a weekly basis as a result and a lot more free time to focus on work!
@nicolaas_spijker That's great! Thanks for sharing, I'll check it out. Even I believe around 3-4 meetings are fine. 🙌
The purpose of a meeting is at the end of the day communication.
Please follow this,
If a message will work , don't call.
If a call works, dont email.
If an email works, no need for meetings.
Bottomline - In case neither a message nor a call nor an email is sufficient, then set up a meeting 🙌
Tips to reduce the number of meetings
Block time for important work.
Have a good combo of sync and a sync communication.
Decline meetings without a clear meeting agenda.