IN DEFENSE OF MEETINGS

IN DEFENSE OF MEETINGS

Although some consider meetings to be a good place to avoid work, properly managed meetings can gain cooperation and strengthen working relationships as well as generate better ideas and decisions.

PARKINSON'S LAW OF TRIVIALITY

Most time is spent on the least important items. Avoid this by allocating time in proportion to the value of the outcomes.

PREPARE FOR MEETINGS

As soon as a meeting is announced, make up a folder to house ideas, articles, notes etc. relevant to the items to be discussed.

EVERY SECOND COUNTS

A typical company that spends $500 million annually in customer service can save $1 million each year by shaving a single second off the average length of a service call. (Source: Mass Affluence by Paul Nures and Brian Johnson, Harvard Business School Press, 2004)

TIMELY HUMOR

Someone once defined a filing system as an alphabetical way of losing things.

When opportunity knocks, some people complain about the noise.