We’re stuck, going around and around… we need to meet up to connect, breakdown silos and ensure everyone’s on the same page but when you spend all your time in meetings how does all your work get done. It’s a never ending vicious (definitely not virtuous) cycle that many busy folk find themselves in.
Most people, myself included, don’t even challenge the problem itself, they tackle the symptoms. Either working late to get the work done and accommodate the meetings, or skipping the meetings in favour of working. In the first scenario everyone’s connected but you’re working all the hours God sends, and in the second scenario you get the work done and get your evenings back but everyone else feels disconnected and siloed.
There is a better way. A way to tackle the problem itself - meetings. Patrick Lencionic developed this useful framework in his book Avoid “Dead by Meeting”. Click here to read more.
Most people, myself included, don’t even challenge the problem itself, they tackle the symptoms. Either working late to get the work done and accommodate the meetings, or skipping the meetings in favour of working. In the first scenario everyone’s connected but you’re working all the hours God sends, and in the second scenario you get the work done and get your evenings back but everyone else feels disconnected and siloed.
There is a better way. A way to tackle the problem itself - meetings. Patrick Lencionic developed this useful framework in his book Avoid “Dead by Meeting”. Click here to read more.
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