I’m always experimenting with new things.
I’m always experimenting with new things. What do you do to keep meetings manageable and sane? 1. No phone calls. Use email. I'll respond when I can, almost always the same or next day. 2. No texts. Use email. See #1. 3. No status meetings. Email me your status report. I'll email you mine. Column titles should include: Item#, Project#, Title, Beneficiary, Responsible, Phase, Promise Date, Status, Disposition, Questions. 4. No "standing meetings". If you need regular (as in weekly) meetings, just send me an email with status, problems, questions, etc. the same time every week. I will answer you. My answer may include a meeting request. 5. No "all hands" meetings. Send us all an email. 6. Schedule any meetings that really require 1 hour over lunch. I hate to eat alone. Two birds, one stone. 7. 15 minutes is a waste of time to stop, meet, restart. 8. 30 minutes is usually good. (OP was right) 9. Meet in my office. I'm too busy to travel. 10. If our meeting is scheduled for 10:00 and you're not there by 10:01, I lock the door. No meeting. If it's with several people, I will only meet with those on time. 11. Every meeting requires some form of written agenda, with appropriate content and length, that must be emailed ahead of time. Agenda topics: Date, Time, Length, Required Attendees, Business Problem, Topics to Cover, Expected Result, Expected Next Steps (if possible). There is no such thing as "Optional Attendees". There is no such thing as a meeting to determine the agenda for the meeting. 12. Your best bet: my regular happy hours double as "open office hours", usually from 5 to 7: Tuesday: Bar Louie, Wednesday, B.J.s, Thursday, Tony Romo's. These "meetings" have always been the best.
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I’m always experimenting with new things.
I’m always experimenting with new things. What do you do to keep meetings manageable and sane? 1. No phone calls. Use email. I'll respond when I can, almost always the same or next day. 2. No texts. Use email. See #1. 3. No status meetings. Email me your status report. I'll email you mine. Column titles should include: Item#, Project#, Title, Beneficiary, Responsible, Phase, Promise Date, Status, Disposition, Questions. 4. No "standing meetings". If you need regular (as in weekly) meetings, just send me an email with status, problems, questions, etc. the same time every week. I will answer you. My answer may include a meeting request. 5. No "all hands" meetings. Send us all an email. 6. Schedule any meetings that really require 1 hour over lunch. I hate to eat alone. Two birds, one stone. 7. 15 minutes is a waste of time to stop, meet, restart. 8. 30 minutes is usually good. (OP was right) 9. Meet in my office. I'm too busy to travel. 10. If our meeting is scheduled for 10:00 and you're not there by 10:01, I lock the door. No meeting. If it's with several people, I will only meet with those on time. 11. Every meeting requires some form of written agenda, with appropriate content and length, that must be emailed ahead of time. Agenda topics: Date, Time, Length, Required Attendees, Business Problem, Topics to Cover, Expected Result, Expected Next Steps (if possible). There is no such thing as "Optional Attendees". There is no such thing as a meeting to determine the agenda for the meeting. 12. Your best bet: my regular happy hours double as "open office hours", usually from 5 to 7: Tuesday: Bar Louie, Wednesday, B.J.s, Thursday, Tony Romo's. These "meetings" have always been the best.
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