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The book 'The Surprising Science of Meetings' offers several strategies to make meetings more productive. Some of these include:
1. Setting clear objectives for the meeting.
2. Ensuring that the right people are in the meeting.
3. Keeping the meeting focused and on-topic.
4. Encouraging participation from all attendees.
5. Following up after the meeting with clear action items.
These strategies can help to reduce the frustration and time-drain often associated with poorly run meetings, and can lead to more effective and dynamic team interactions.
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Attending meetings can often be a frustrating experience. In a recent survey, 3164 workers rated meetings as the single most significant cause of workplace time-drains. Bad meetings are estimated to cost $250 billion a year in wasted time. There are also psychological costs in terms of employee frustration and time spent winding down after a poor meeting. But the amount of time spent in meetings is only rising. In the United States, over 55 million meetings take place every day.
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How can you lead engaging meetings that unlock creativity, effectiveness, and dynamism? Turn tiresome and costly meetings into productive sessions wit...
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