Work meetings are not necessarily meant to be enjoyable, but they should be concise affairs with clearly stated goals and clear communication. Too often, especially when departments begin to silo, redundant and ineffective meetings being to clutter an employee’s workday – and that means leans productivity. We asked employees to answer the question, “Are your … Read full-story
Everyone knows the feeling when a work meeting has gone off the rails and turned into chaos or drifted off into nervous silence. Legs under the tables start shaking. Idle fingers start twirling pens or – worse – tapping them on tables. And when the smartphones start coming out of hiding, you know the … Read full-story
Getting a bunch of smart, motivated people into a room should be an inspiring experience. Too often, it’s not. New data from Comparably shows that 38% of workers say meetings are just “average.” The data, which comes from an Oct. 16 reading of an ongoing query of more than 5,000 workers in the technology industry, … Read full-story
When done right, meetings can be incredibly productive. But for nearly two-thirds of people, they’re “meh” at best. In a recent query of more than 5,000 workers across the tech industry, 38% of people described their meetings as “average,” and 25% described their meetings as either “poor” or “horrible.” Altogether, that means 63% of people are unimpressed … Read full-story
