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January 11, 2012

Company Meetings Cutting in on Productivity?

matt wrote this at 10:59 am

Company meetings serve a wide array of purposes. That being said, can too many meetings be a bad thing?

Having worked at several companies now over a 23-year period, I have seen a variety of approaches to this subject.

Some companies have had a normal approach to in-house meetings, some have had too few meetings, while others have gone overboard and seem to be meeting on an almost hourly basis, whether through onsite meetings or teleconferencing.

I’ve always tended to believe that falling somewhere in the middle of the above-mentioned descriptions is best.

On the one hand, it is important for your team to know what one another are doing; without occasional meetings that is hard to achieve. On the other hand, meeting too often always leads me to wonder how any work is getting done. Too many meetings can lead to micromanaging and a feeling among employees that their every move is being scripted and watched.

If you’re not sure how often your company employees should be meeting to talk strategy, keep these things in mind:

 

At the end of the day, each company and its management must decide what is in its best interests.

In my 20+ years of employment nationwide, I have yet to see the perfect meeting environment.

In the meantime, I’m going to meet with myself and see if I can come up with some solutions for this issue.

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Dave Thomas, who covers topics such as starting a small business, writes extensively for Business.com, an online resource destination for businesses of all sizes to research, find, and compare the products and services they need to run their businesses.





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1 Comment to “Company Meetings Cutting in on Productivity?”

  1. January 11th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
    Gary Rowe said

    I agree that many, many company meetings are not productive. That said, I was president of firm with about 150 employees for 10 years, with many employees in home offices. For the last 5 years (sold the company two years ago) we would have a monthly meeting. We covered strategy, financials, sales results, new product programs and many issues (like medical insurance) affecting employees. We left sufficient time for Q&A, but would also seek follow-up calls and emails. I don’t think we would have been the same company without these regular meetings.

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