Just read a report saying 60% of managers feel their team meetings are a waste of time.

Found this in a Harvard Business Review article my boss sent out. It was a survey of over 1,000 managers. Everyone at work says meetings are key for teamwork. But the data shows most leaders think they're pointless. Makes you wonder why we still have three a week. Has your company tried cutting meetings to see if work gets better?

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dianal9414d ago

But managers also complain about everything... seems like a job requirement. Maybe the meetings are fine and they're just bored.

felixt3114d ago

What if the problem isn't the meetings themselves, but what we do in them? @dianal94 has a point about complaining, but I've seen meetings fail because they're just status reports. Everyone reads off a list while others tune out. That feels pointless. Maybe we should only meet for actual discussion or decisions, not just to talk at each other. A quick email update could replace half my calendar invites.

noah99914d ago

That bit about meetings just being status reports hits home. It's like when you call a customer service line and have to listen to a long menu you already know. The system makes you go through the motions even when it's pointless. We keep having these meetings because the calendar invite exists, not because we actually need to talk. It's performative work, like hitting 'reply all' on an email chain that died last week.

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