Lynda - How to Stop Wasting Time in Meetings

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Course details
Does anyone love meetings? Let's face it—meetings have a bad reputation, and we probably all know why. They can waste time, add confusion, and lack clear takeaways. The good news is that they don't have to be this way. In this course taught by creativity-productivity expert Samantha Bennett, Sam explains the various ways in which you can make meetings more impactful. She walks through how you can set a clear meeting purpose based on the stakeholders and the type of meeting, and how to get aligned on a direction and ensure all voices and perspectives are heard. She also imparts her rules for effective meetings, how to follow up, and how to hold folks accountable after your meeting. If you take the time to watch this course, you might just find yourself making more of your time in your next meeting.


Time wasters
“- Let's run through a list of the biggest pet peeve time-wasters in meetings. Long introductions. Too much chit-chat. No agenda or too many agenda items. Reading your handout or PowerPoint out loud. Lateness. Stalling to accommodate latecomers. Icebreakers. Cross-talking, multiple conversations happening at once. Getting off topic, going down rabbit holes. Oh, people getting confused by their own tech, like they can't find the browser tab that they were just on. Meandering comments, not getting to the point. People who feel the need to comment on every single thing. People who reiterate what someone else just said. Going over time, so now everybody's late to the next thing. Reviewing the last meeting for the people who weren't there. The phrase is long story short, 'cause it never is, and I repeat, please don't. And I don't want us to get sidetracked, but. Oh, how about when no one is in charge of the meeting? Or leaders who can't keep control of their meetings. And the number one pet peeve about meetings, the ones that should have been an email. How many of these annoy you? Hi, my name is Sam Bennett from the realsambennett.com. I'm the CEO of the Organized Artist Company, a best-selling author, teacher, consultant. And I can't wait to give you some easy, practical strategies to make your meetings quicker, more productive and increase your team's engagement so you can all get more done and have a better bigger impact on the world. Sounds pretty good, right? Let's get started.