This morning I was doing a little research on the effect meetings have on our mental health. During my search, I came across a live vote being conducted by msnbc, which asks the following two questions: 1.     Do you have too many meetings at work?2.     Do good ideas come out of your meetings? Close to 6,000 people have responded. Over 81% of those respondents confirmed that they are asked to attend too many meetings, and not only that, but after attending a couple of meetings in a day, their mind goes blank. So it comes as no surprise that only 2.1% of respondents felt that their teams thrive on sharing ideas and are able to generate good ideas “all the time” in their meetings. 40% felt that good ideas sometimes came out of meetings depending on the topic, and 58% responded that the same people usually dominate the discussion, so good ideas are rarely generated. The poll confirms what we already know. Meetings as they currently exist in most organizations are a huge drain on our mental and economic resources. People are feeling drained by meetings and ineffective meetings are draining organizations everywhere. Smarter Meetings are essential in every organization. By inviting the right people to the meeting, providing a detailed agenda prior to getting together, and following a smart process based on a common language, people will be able to increase how much work they get done, better engage minds and hearts, save time and improve the quality of meeting results.

This morning I was doing a little research on the effect meetings have on our mental health. During my search, I came across a live vote being conducted by msnbc, which asks the following two questions:

1.     Do you have too many meetings at work?
2.     Do good ideas come out of your meetings?

Close to 6,000 people have responded. Over 81% of those respondents confirmed that they are asked to attend too many meetings, and not only that, but after attending a couple of meetings in a day, their mind goes blank. So it comes as no surprise that only 2.1% of respondents felt that their teams thrive on sharing ideas and are able to generate good ideas “all the time” in their meetings. 40% felt that good ideas sometimes came out of meetings depending on the topic, and 58% responded that the same people usually dominate the discussion, so good ideas are rarely generated.

The poll confirms what we already know. Meetings as they currently exist in most organizations are a huge drain on our mental and economic resources. People are feeling drained by meetings and ineffective meetings are draining organizations everywhere.

Smarter Meetings are essential in every organization. By inviting the right people to the meeting, providing a detailed agenda prior to getting together, and following a smart process based on a common language, people will be able to increase how much work they get done, better engage minds and hearts, save time and improve the quality of meeting results.