“I’m in meetings on Zoom from morning to night, regardless of whether I’m at the factory or on the road. When will I take care of the team, the people?”, a production manager from an automotive company told me recently.
Frequent meetings put a lot of pressure on both managers and employees. The fact that a large part of these are online, some are not well prepared and managed or some participants have not done their “homework” to be productive in the discussion creates even more stress, as no one has time to fulfill their , effectively, the workloads.
A large proportion of corporate employees have participated in various time management programs and know, in theory, how to prioritize their tasks and that they should occupy 30% of their working time with “free” intervals in the calendar, which it allows them to focus on what they have to do that day. Those who endlessly plan welded, consecutive meetings, leave no room for the unpredictable and for innovative thinking. There are always things on the calendar that if you don’t do, nothing happens.
Florin Rădulescu, Ascendis: Stop “welding” your meetings. Every manager has meetings on his calendar that he can miss without the organization suffering. Five tips for increasing efficiency in meetings
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