Bad Meetings:

Waste Time, Demoralize People

Presenter: Michael Hopkins

“When does this meeting end, so I can actually get some work done!”

Typically heard in most meetings!

Smart Meetings1. Avoid the cause and cost of Bad Meetings

2. Understand the process of preparing, facilitating and getting commitment!

3. Use tools to improve your organizational meetings

4. Have some fun!!!

Let’s compare your list to mine!

• Meetings waste time, are too long

• People wander off topic

• People don’t take meetings seriously

• Meetings are missing important information

• Meetings end in confusion not commitment

• There is dysfunctional conflict or not enough candor in meetings

• Post meeting commitments are not met

Just how ‘Bad’ are Bad Meetings?

• Most professionals attend 61 meetings per month• Research* indicates that 50% of meeting time is

wasted• Assuming, an average meeting time of 1-hour,

professionals lose 31 hours per month or four work days

* Robert B. Nelson and Peter Economy, Better Business Meetings

The Net Effect of Bad Meetings

• Meetings are longer, less efficient and do not generate the desired results

• More meetings are needed to accomplish desired results

• Employees are frustrated and have less time to get their own work done

• Bad meetings cost organizations millions of dollars each year

Smart Meetings aligns people thinking with tasks

THINKING

Visible in Meetings

THOUGHTS

ACTIONS

MEETING RESULTS

Invisible in Meetings

(processing)

(conclusions)

INTENTIONS (goal)

Smart Meetings Summary

• A process and thinking to match actions with meeting tasks.

• Universal tools for getting meetings done well by anyone, anytime, anywhere!

Thank You !

ContactMichael Hopkins

michaelhhopkins@gmail.com514-850-7165