Making the Team: A Guide for Managers, Fifth Edition

Appendixes Appendix 1 Managing Meetings: A Toolkit

A meeting is a gathering where people speak up, say nothing, and then all disagree.

Kayser, 1990

The work of teams largely proceeds through meetings. Whether they are regularly scheduled or called out of need, effective meeting management is necessary for success. People spend a lot of time in meetings. A study of CEOs and time usage revealed that they spent roughly 18 hours of a 55-hour workweek in meetings, while senior executives averaged 23 hours per week of meeting time and middle managers 11 hours.1 In addition to scheduled meetings, managers are involved in unscheduled and non-job-related meetings.

1 Silverman, R. E. (2012, February 14). Where’s the boss? Trapped in a meeting. Wall ...