In everything from campaigns for peanuts to campaigns for president, focus wins. More productive meetings In its April 1996 issue, Fast Company lists the seven sins of deadly meetings. They arrive late, leave early and spend most of their time doodling. Adopt the mind-set that meetings are real work. They should accomplish twice as much in half the time.
Time is money.
Track the cost of your meetings and use computer-enabled simultaneity to make them more productive. People wander off the topic. Participants spend more time digressing than discussing. Nothing happens once the meeting ends. People don't convert decisions into action.