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Don’t Attend A Meeting Unless You Are Adding Value, Or You Are Getting Paid
In the frenetic post covid marketplace, people are struggling to figure out a new way of doing business and interacting with people in a more risk mature market. More technology and less people interaction seem to be two of the driving forces. While the pandemic has forced us to interact selectively and via tech platforms like zooms, it also taught us how much time we waste attending useless conferences, traveling oversee to network and to do business development. The Covid crisis has acted as an accelerator awareness for all individuals helping us all to better manage our lives. In this blog, we will share tips to increase your impacts and performance. The two basic decisions at the base of a long-term personal success are the following: a) be super-selective on your engagements; and b) say no to meetings if you are not adding value or are not getting paid.
Meetings are for the most a waste
The biggest challenge with business meetings is that they lock up unnecessary resources that could be allocated more productively. Unless it’s a board meeting or a financial decision meeting most of the time too many people are forced to attend meeting without contributing in any way. Rather than spending time at meetings, conduct your communication via email as this is the best way to keep a paper trail of the business at hand…
