2. TREYresearch
Participants await the meeting as
eagerly as ‘Promenthius’ in the greek
mythological story.
2Meetings : Why most people hate it ……
Scary but why so, simply because most of the time they
are inefficient.
-Boring
-Not related
-Anticipation of ‘My work is going to increase’
What Experts say ……
3. TREYresearch
In 1957 Parkinson said,The time spent on any
item in agenda will be inversely
proportionate to the sum (of money)
involved…
3Meetings : Whats experts say and I have observed ……
Taking it forward , Bartleby in his article says,’’80% of the time of
the 80% of the people in the meeting is wasted..’’
Exaggerations is it ? Or worse it isn’t.
Why so …
The ‘HIPPO’ Rule
i.E the decision will mostly be in ‘Highest Paid Person’s
Opinion’ favour so most of the participants don’t express
their opinion and others check their phones
4. TREYresearch
Prof.Maurice Schwitzer of Wharton School says
-Meetings are most effective when on relevant people of the
team are invited
-Agenda must be circulated beforehand
-Let people give anonymous suggestions before the start of the
meeting
-Encourage the minnows of the meeting to speak
-Do not interrupt the speaker
-Give specific time frame to the speak
-Most contentious issue should be discussed first
-At the end , either agree or agree to disagree , everyone should
be clear what has been agreed or disagreed as the case may be
4Meetings : Whats experts say and I have observed ……
5. TREYresearch
John Flannery of GE recently decreed, no meetings as far as
possible .
5Meetings : Whats experts say and I have observed ……
Use collaborative technology , work groups ,etc to
communicate so the interested parties can interact and other
can just ignore ……
So for conclusion ….
Do we all agree ….
