Email: Too many zoom meetings at work. Can’t get the work done. (Ireland)
When a challenge arises, it’s tempting to schedule a meeting to deal with it. Although scheduling a meeting can be a solution, it’s not always the best call. Can waste the team’s time & energy. Before we schedule a meeting we can ask a few questions – have we thought through the situation? Do we need outside input to make progress? Does moving forward require real-time conversations?
‘Let’s schedule a meeting’ has become our universal default at work. Not sure what to do on a project? Let’s schedule a meeting. Have a few ideas to share? Let’s schedule a meeting. Challenges with actions? Let’s schedule a meeting. Instead, we can do some solo strategic thinking & planning. If we need answers to questions but they don’t require a meeting, a clear e-mail, call or chat can be an excellent option.
If an in-person communication is best, we can think on how to make it as effective as possible. Consider our intent, establish desired outcomes, prepare materials to review in advance, communicate to the point. With the right decision-making process, we can radically reduce the number of meetings to increase the amount of actual work that gets done.
