Are meetings really a waste of time or merely the latest battle cry of those who struggle to make them effective? There’s a popular argument that in this day and age, meetings themselves are wasteful endeavors.
Let’s take a look at five of the persisting mythical claims that are at the heart of the “no meetings” mantra:
1. Meetings are the problem.
This is a classic case of confusing the symptom for the disease. A meeting can only be as effective as the people running, leading, facilitating and contributing to it.
