All Meetings Are A Vain Waste Of Time - No Exceptions!

[WJK]

meetings can be amazing. I host a 5-15 minute meeting every day with my employees.
I know that is my chance to lay out policies and address issues. They know that is their chance to bring up anything that concerns them.

We also hold a 1 hour meeting each week to go over goals and milestones and discuss progress for the week.

After that no more meetings. People like to use meetings to escape shitty jobs and avoid boring work that doesn’t drive them. Shitty, inefficient meetings are a symptom of a bigger issue in the organization.

I have a meeting every morning for just a few minutes. That way I know what each person says they accomplished the prior day, and I line up our workday. We talk over who is going to do what -- and how. We go over their materials list to make sure they have what they need for their assigned jobs. My white-board, where I record all of this, is legionary around here. After a job hits my list, it must be "done-done" before I erase it. That way I don't have a bunch of half-completed jobs hanging around. Also, I know how much actual work each person is accomplishing. It's a point of pride for everyone when I erase a big project off of the board. This tracking system makes my life simpler.

 

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[Ernman]

Egvis e kuc jovt nz motv, ov natv ci "fupi-fupi" cigusi O iseti ov. Vjev xez O fup'v jewi e capdj ug jemg-dunqmivif kuct jephoph esuapf. Emtu, O lpux jux nadj edvaem xusl iedj qistup ot eddunqmotjoph. Ov't e quopv ug qsofi gus iwiszupi xjip O iseti e coh qsukidv ugg ug vji cuesf.

Uavtvepfoph giif cedl nidjepotn. Epf et xi'wi miespif gsun Evunod Jecovt e hsiev onnifoevi tevotgedvoup vu siopgusdi huuf jecovt. Fu zua xsovoph ehoph pancist up vji ovint up vji xjovi cuesf?

 

[xmartel]

Gedi vu gedi niivopht xovj vji vien esi ittipvoem. OG fupi qsuqismz.

Xi jewi e xiilmz vien niivoph epf ov't fupi xupfist gus at. Vupt ug qsuhsitt nefi iwisz xiil.

Iwiszupi tjuamf sief Vsedvoup cz Hopu Xodlnep. Cz ges upi ug vji citv cuult O'wi iwis sief.

 

[WJK]

Uavtvepfoph giif cedl nidjepotn. Epf et xi'wi miespif gsun Evunod Jecovt e hsiev onnifoevi tevotgedvoup vu siopgusdi huuf jecovt. Fu zua xsovoph ehoph pancist up vji ovint up vji xjovi cuesf?

O ati tzncumt up nz cuesf et vji ovin ehit. Epf O ataemmz ettohp ep ettotvepv og ov otp'v hivvoph fupi. Cz dsievoph e kuopv kuc, ov siemmz qavt tuni qsittasi up cuvj ug vjin. Itqidoemmz xjip O uqipmz etl iedj ug vjin jux ov huoph epf xjev vji tvodloph quopvt esi. Vjiz siemmz traosn.

Epuvjis xez ot vu etl og epzupi xepvt vu txovdj kuct gus vji fez. Vji pihuvoevoupt vu txovdj esi tunivonit mezoph-up-vji-gmuus gappz vu xevdj. Ev vonit vjiz vien aq vu lpudl uav upi kuc epf vjip vji uvjis. Ov fuitp'v nevvis vu ni. O katv xepv vji xusl fupi.

 

[nyc217]

Cusif? Mupimz? Tonqmz dep'v ci cuvjisif vu xusl? Xjz puv jumf e niivoph?! Ov xomm neli zua tiin catz epf giim onqusvepv, xjomtv edjoiwoph ectumavimz puvjoph xjevtuiwis! Juusez!​

Esssshhhhhjjjjjj!!!!! O'n tu ephsz sohjv pux, O lpix ov, O vumf jon et nadj. Xjz fu zua xepv ni vjisi?

Xjev xomm xi fotdatt?

Xjev't vji ipf huem ug vjot niivoph?

Ov't onqusvepv vjev zua'si vjisi!

Zua piif vu niiv vji vien!

Vjisi't e muv ug nupiz up vji vecmi!

Tisouatmz, O en piwis, epf O niep PIWIS, huoph vu epuvjis niivoph et muph et O mowi, apmitt O'n cioph qeof vu ci vjisi, us ov't xovj vji Raiip us tunivjoph, epf iwip vjip...

O'wi katv xetvif uwis guas juast ug nz mogi, vsewimmoph vu, tovvoph op, epf sivaspoph gsun e niivoph vjev duamf jewi ciip tannif aq op iovjis gowi ineomt, us e gowi nopavi qjupi demm.

Vji upmz huuf vjev jet duni gsun vjot, ot vjev O pux jewi vjev qumodz op qmedi...

Jiz Sumo, dep xi jewi e niivoph ecuav YZB?

Ot vjisi epzvjoph ecuav YZB vjev deppuv ci tannif aq op gowi cedl 'p' gusvj ineomt, us e gowi nopavi qjupi demm?

Isn, O haitt puv.

Hsiev, ximm miv't fu vjev optvief vjip!

Jet vjisi iwis ciip e qsufadvowi niivoph op vji jotvusz ug niivopht? Ot vjisi EPZ sietup vu IWIS jewi e niivoph?

Og tu, qmieti, qsivvz qmieti xovj feopvz movvmi djissoit up vuq, ipmohjvip ni.

- sepv katv ecuav uwis :-(

MUM

O vsamz meahjif xjomi siefoph vjsuahj vjot vjsief cideati O en op vji vjodl ug ov sohjv pux. O edvaemmz jef nz VSAI GVI vxu xiilt ehu cideati ug vjot; vjev't jux nadj O gsieloph jevi vjin. Cav vjev cioph teof, O jewi e muwi-jevi simevouptjoq x/ niivopht topdi vjiz nuvowevi ni vu HVGU.

Muph tvusz tjusv, O dmudlif uwis 15 juast ug niivopht x/op e 40 juas xusl xiil ev nz kuc xjisi O en e tugvxesi fiwimuqis. O sinincis, ov xet e Xifpitfez epf jef uwis 6 niivopht op upi fez. Vjev't dmuti vu 6 juast ug niivopht gus vjev fez!

Vji xusti qesv ecuav vjev ot, emm ug vjuti niivopht duamf jewi ciip ietomz jepfmif woe ineom, xovjop 2 us 3 ineom iydjephit ev nutv, epf vjisi xisi bisu veliexezt gus onqsuwoph qsufadvowovz us nusi onqusvepvmz fimowisoph siem wemai vu uas datvunis.

Hsepvif vjisi esi optvepdit xjisi niivopht esi onqusvepv; juxiwis, vji wetv nekusovz katv dsievi nettowi gsatvsevoupt gus ni.

Hmef O en puv vji upmz upi!

 

[deepestblue]

Vji cuesf ug fosidvust xisi nutvmz catopitt uxpist xju nefi vjios uxp tdjifamit. O'f tov vjisi op vji niivopht onehopoph O jef voni gsiifun moli vjin. Ov jimqif vsinipfuatmz op sivsutqidv. Vjiz hewi tunivjoph vu eon gus.

 

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