All studies conducted on perceived meeting effectiveness show that 60% of all meetings are experienced as pointless by the participants. But often, there is no one in the company who has a clearly defined overarching responsibility to avoid misusing meeting time, and the meeting culture is accepted. Therefore, it is up to each individual with management responsibility to improve the situation.
Why the technical manager needs Hilmatell
All studies conducted on perceived meeting effectiveness show that 60% of all meetings are experienced as pointless by the participants. But often, there is no one in the company who has a clearly defined overarching responsibility to avoid misusing meeting time, and the meeting culture is accepted. Therefore, it is up to each individual with management responsibility to improve the situation.
Poorly conducted meeting steals valuable working time
How your employees prioritize their time has a direct impact on the results in the technology unit you are responsible for, as time is a zero-sum game. The time that attendees spend on an irrelevant or poorly executed meeting steals valuable time from what you must do to develop your products and services so they meet the management's goals and do so on time.
How your employees prioritize their time has a direct impact on the results in the technology unit you are responsible for, as time is a zero-sum game. The time that attendees spend on an irrelevant or poorly executed meeting steals valuable time from what you must do to develop your products and services so they meet the management's goals and do so on time.
Influence the company's success
Being responsible for a technical organization involves both prioritizing so that your employees' working hours are used correctly as well as achieving the company's goals with the available resources in the form of budget. Today's business world is largely driven by technology, and the responsibility to influence the company's success is much more than before a matter for a technical department where all processes are driven by customer needs and must be justified. In addition to development and commercial issues, regulations and standards must also be met.
Being responsible for a technical organization involves both prioritizing so that your employees' working hours are used correctly as well as achieving the company's goals with the available resources in the form of budget. Today's business world is largely driven by technology, and the responsibility to influence the company's success is much more than before a matter for a technical department where all processes are driven by customer needs and must be justified. In addition to development and commercial issues, regulations and standards must also be met.
If you are in the wrong meeting, the brain simply shuts off.
One of the biggest time thieves is that meeting cultures often allow a meeting leader to not only invite those who have direct relevance to the purpose of the meeting, but also others who do not benefit from the meeting, where different considerations play a role. It becomes obvious when participants work on their computer or smartphone instead of listening during the meeting. If you are in the wrong meeting, the brain simply shuts off the desire to absorb what is being said. Research shows that employees spend an average of 18 hours a week in meetings and they only decline 14% of their meeting invitations even though they prefer not to participate in 31% of them.
One of the biggest time thieves is that meeting cultures often allow a meeting leader to not only invite those who have direct relevance to the purpose of the meeting, but also others who do not benefit from the meeting, where different considerations play a role. It becomes obvious when participants work on their computer or smartphone instead of listening during the meeting. If you are in the wrong meeting, the brain simply shuts off the desire to absorb what is being said. Research shows that employees spend an average of 18 hours a week in meetings and they only decline 14% of their meeting invitations even though they prefer not to participate in 31% of them.
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"Meetings control us, and bad meetings are an enormous waste of working time."
Middle manager in a larger corporation
"Meetings control us, and bad meetings are an enormous waste of working time."
Middle manager in a larger corporation
Dare to challenge today's meeting culture
The same thing happens if the meeting leader is not clear in describing the goal of the meeting and then has the ability to lead the listeners in a clear way to understand the message and become engaged because it relates to their own role in the company. Dare to challenge today's meeting culture and help your employees' voices increase the dynamics in your organization. The result will be noticeable in shorter development times and more accomplished within the same budget.
The same thing happens if the meeting leader is not clear in describing the goal of the meeting and then has the ability to lead the listeners in a clear way to understand the message and become engaged because it relates to their own role in the company. Dare to challenge today's meeting culture and help your employees' voices increase the dynamics in your organization. The result will be noticeable in shorter development times and more accomplished within the same budget.