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16 Reasons Why I Don’t Pick Up My Phone
If you read that, odds are, I either sent you the article directly in response to a call request to meet, or you were proactively searching for a reason not to pick up my phone when receiving another invite. Back when I decided to no longer pick up my phone in 2014 or so, I…
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8 Specific Tips to Work Around Business Meetings
Time is money. Time lost means money lost. Time wasted means money wasted. One of the leading causes behind businesses losing and wasting a lot of time and money is the amount of time they spend in business meetings. Middle managers typically spend 35% of their time in meetings while those who belong to the…
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8 Reasons Why Setting Up a Meeting Is a Must
Most business meetings “should” have been an email. If the company is large and has more stakeholders, the slower and heavier the processes become. This eventually leads to more meetings with less work being done. A 2012 study shows that companies that held unproductive meetings lost an average of $250,000 annually. The study’s findings suggest that…
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11 Better Ways to Manage Teams Without Tedious Meetings
As a firm evangelist of the values of asynchronous communications, I’m strongly opinionated when it comes to meetings. Meetings are not all evil. I’ve covered some workarounds for meetings (when necessary) and several reasons to set up a meeting. But beyond that, meeting creep is so prevalent—especially in the context of remote/hybrid environments—that productivity and…