The 5 Types of Meetings You Need to Be Having

If you feel like your calendar is full, but your business isn't moving forward, there's a good chance that meetings are your problem. You're sitting all day in meetings that run long, go off topic, and don't accomplish much. And when you're already strapped, for time, that's not just frustrating, it's expensive. That's why some of the most successful leaders in the world are actually skeptical of meetings.

Elon Musk says, you should only call a meeting if it's absolutely necessary, and if you're not contributing to the meeting, you should leave. Steve Jobs believed meetings shouldn't be longer than 30 minutes, with only two to three key agenda items to keep you focused. And Jeff Bezos is clear that meetings should be small enough that two pizzas could feed the entire room. Different leaders, same principle, meetings should help the work get done, not become the work.

So today Ontree Leaderships head coach John Felkins will show you what it takes to run productive meetings so you can stop wasting your time and start making progress. Do you ever walk out of a meeting thinking this could have been an email? I gotta be honest with you, this is something that we still have to work at. Meetings are easy to call, but they're not always the best way to go. Most meetings fail because there's no structure, no clear purpose, no agenda, and the right people aren't in the room.

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