Management (The Brian Tracy Success Library)

THIRTEEN

Hold Effective Meetings

EASILY 25 PERCENT to 50 percent of management time is spent in meetings. Meetings are an inevitable and necessary part of organizational life. They cannot be avoided, so they must be made more effective.

The three most common types of meetings that you will have are 1) information-sharing meetings; 2) problem-solving meetings; and 3) meetings to announce new products, services, or people.

Always ask why you are having this meeting in the first place. Clarity is essential. If it is possible to avoid having a meeting, then don't have a meeting at all. Meetings can be major time wasters unless they are used properly.

Meetings are expensive. A good way to determine the cost of the meeting is to multiply the ...