Quote of the Week: Meetings are a symptom of …

This one will not be popular with many leaders, but it’s a good one for those looking for ways to save time, get to goal PLUS boost morale, productivity and overall performance.

Meetings are a symptom of bad organization.  The fewer meetings the better.

I don’t totally agree with this one.  But I think it and it’s source is enough to stop most leaders in their tracks at least long enough to evaluate their own meeting plans and habits.    Not just the quantity of meetings as Drucker notes – but the quality as well.

How to evaluate?

Well first – how many meetings do you attend each week?

How many hours do they take?

What bugs you about the meetings you attend?

We asked these plus a few more questions in a survey on meetings last week and  this week will be sharing the results plus some Tips & Tactics for reducing wasted time and increasing productive time in meetings.

So stay tuned…meanwhile, post the above quote on your computer and/or bulletin boards. See instructions and variations below.

And if you haven’t already done so, sign up for a Monday morning BOOST for you and your team – the Leadership Quote of the Week delivered to your email box each Monday morning.

A bite sized bit to boost morale, productivity and performance.

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Use the above quote (or the modified version below) as background or wallpaper for your computer with just three clicks.

1. Click on the image above.

2. Right click on the image that appears.

3. On the pull down menu that appears, click on “set as background”.

Voila! There’s still plenty of room on the left side of the screen for all your shortcut icons.

Note: If you don’t like your new wallpaper, don’t want to replace it with a quote from the Business Class Quote Library and don’t know how to get rid of it……

Go to your control panel. Select “Display”. Select “Desktop”. And then choose from the designs offered.”

Or print the PDF version below. Just click on the printer icon in lower right corner of the image.

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