By Mike Myatt

"Early in my career I worked for a company where the CEO loved to have meetings. Meetings were held ad-nauseum about virtually every topic under the sun. Regrettably these meetings rarely resulted in anything being accomplished, and in fact, because the meetings were poorly conceived and poorly facilitated it turned out that most meetings just ended-up being rehashing sessions for the subjects not resoved in prior meetings. Non productive meetings not only serve no purpose, but they waste one of the most precious resources that a company has…time. One of the biggest mistakes a corporation can make is to take its top talent away from productive activities and sequester them away for a mind-numbing babble session. Bad meetings are not only a productivity drain, but they also can cause a decline in morale and a lack of confidence in leadership."

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