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Episode 28: Most Meetings are Useless
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Does looking at your work calendar remind you of playing Tetris back in the day? Just a bunch of colored blocks taking up all the real estate on the screen in front of you? It's great that you're popular at the office, but do you really need to be in all these meetings?
In this episode, you'll learn about the real purpose of meetings, and how overusing them is bad for everybody, as well as for business. You'll also learn best practices for setting up meetings to make sure your limited time isn't wasted. Enjoy!
References:
The Psychology of Pointless Meetings: Productivity's Killer | Psychology Today
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Chapters
1. Intro hook (00:00:00)
2. Intro segment (00:00:29)
3. What are meetings really for? (00:02:08)
4. Types of communication in meetings (00:03:51)
5. Big offender #1: Brainstorming sessions (00:06:12)
6. Big offender #2: Steering committee meetings (00:10:51)
7. Meetings are bad for business (00:13:55)
8. Call to action: Best practices for setting up a meeting (00:17:47)
9. Outro segment (00:21:41)
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