Have you ever been at a meeting and noticed that more people were on their cell phones, laptops, or tablets than were paying attention? Sometimes it’s hard to tell. People are getting good at holding their devices just below table top, so all you see is the top of their heads. But this isn’t a good situation.
Meetings can and should be a medium to improve productivity. When we make the commitment to get people in a room for an hour to work on an important set of issues, there had better be a return on the investment. There are significant human resources in that room whose time we are consuming.
The unique value of meetings is that they provide an opportunity for people to concentrate, collaborate, and initiate. There should be a focus on the issue at hand. There should be lively, candid discussion. The meeting should result in…
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