You get better at anything only if you commit to it-and aim high. Finally, meetings should sometimes engender fun and stimulate creativity. Practice makes perfect. Monitor what works and what does not and hold people accountable. Bad meetings do more than ruin an otherwise pleasant day.
Meetings are one of the primary places where an organization's culture perpetuates itself.
Bad meetings are a source of negative messages about the organization and about us. When we consider that as teamwork grows, as it must in the early 21st century, we are likely to be in more meetings not fewer, then it is in everyone's best interest to work seriously to overcome these seven deadly sins.