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Jeff Bezos incorporates reading memos into his meeting structure by having everyone at the meeting read the memos silently. This is done during the meeting itself, creating a study hall-like environment. This approach ensures that everyone is on the same page and has the same information before any discussion or decision-making takes place.
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Elon Musk: – "If you are not adding value to a meeting, walk out or drop off the call." Bill Gates: – "You have a meeting to make a decision, not to decide on the question." Jason Fried: – "Meetings should be like salt – a spice sprinkled carefully to enhance a dish, not poured recklessly over every forkful. Too much salt destroys a dish. Too many meetings destroy morale and motivation." Mark Zuckerberg: – "asks people to send materials in advance so can use the time for discussion," and " try to be clear about goal when sit down for a meeting – are in the room to make a decision or to have a discussion?" says the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg. Sundar Pichai: – " I don't know how to be in a meeting and participate and be on email at the same time. I do see some people do it more effectively. I've never quite figured that out." Jeff Bezos: – ", we read memos, silently, during the meeting. It's like a study hall. Everybody sits around the table, and we read...
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