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This simple change can help you have more effective meetings—and avoid unnecessary ones, says organizational psychologist
Steven Rogelberg, Chancellor's Professor at UNC Charlotte and author of two books on meeting science, shares 1 tip that can help you avoid unnecessary meetings.
TL;DR
- Many meetings are unnecessary and consume valuable work time.
- Effective meetings require a clear purpose and a decision that cannot be reached otherwise.
- Agendas should be framed as questions to be answered, not just topics to be discussed.
- Framing agendas as questions helps determine the meeting's necessity, required attendees, and success.
- If no questions can be formulated for an agenda, a meeting is likely not needed.
- Necessary meetings can be improved by shortening them or reducing their frequency or size.