10 IMPORTANT SENTENCES ABOUT MEETINGS

Meetings are so important but at the same time so neglected.

What is the problem with meetings?

Most of the meetings are ineffective, long and frequent.

1. Most of the meetings are ineffective (unproductive).

Keywords: ineffective meetings

Don’t allow useless meetings because they must produce appropriate decisions. 

2. Gaining missing competencies from meeting management must be a priority.

Keywords: missing competencies

Do you know your missing competencies (knowledge, skills and behaviours)?

3. The main reason for ineffective meetings is improvisation.

Keywords: Improvisation

Keep in mind: Improvisation gives results which are always less than your potentials, needs and wishes.

Improvisation is the main cause of failures in business and life.

4. Preparation is the most critical phase in meetings.

Keyword: preparation

Do you have a template for a meeting preparation?

5. Meetings are the only place for decision-making.

Keyword: decision-making

Use meetings primarily for decision-making, not to fulfil your free time.

6. Meeting with yourself is the most important meeting.

Keyword: meeting with yourself

Stop with all activities and establish where are you now and where you want to be next.

7. It is impossible to develop a company with ineffective meetings.

Keyword: development

With ineffective meetings, we must solve problems and so don’t have time for development. 

8. Every meeting must have a purpose and goals which are measurable.

Keywords: measurable goals

What can’t measure can’t be managed.

9. The end of the meeting is a situation when we implement all the decisions.

Keywords: end of the meeting

Unfinished decisions need new meetings which unnecessary spent valuable resources.

10. Ineffective meetings are the cause of bad interpersonal relations.

Keyword: bad interpersonal relations

Don’t produce bad interpersonal relationships with ineffective meetings!

PRACTICE

1. Establish in which point 1. – 10. (keywords) you are the weakest.

2. Make an action plan to solve that problem.

3. Establish in which point 1. – 10. (keywords) you are the best.

4. Make an action plan for additional improvements.

CONCLUSION

If we are not conscious of how essential meetings are for decision-making, we shall have many problems in our business and life.

Meetings must be our priority, especially in the preparation phase.

Don’t start with the meeting if the preparation is not appropriate.

Every meeting is a chance for achievements. 

Let’s take advantage of it!