When and When Not to Call a Meeting

Having a group of people away from their work and around a meeting table is an expensive business, so it is important to make meeting time count. The purpose of meetings is:

1. To make decisions that require wide buy-in;
2. To solve problems that benefit from the application of multiple minds as well as wide commitment to the solution;
3. To share information where the content of the information might be misconstrued or provoke an emotional response - and you need to manage that.

Using meeting time in order to go through reports line by line is a waste of everyone's time! We should be meeting to discuss what the reports are telling us about the business, solve problems and make decisions about the way forward.

In this video, I discuss when and when not to call a meeting. I hope you find it useful.