We need to have fewer meetings, not more—as we have to have time to put into effect some of the things we decide in these meetings.
Meetings with no goal, also known as 'coffee shop' meetings, can be huge time wasters if you're not efficient with them. 'Always know why you're meeting, and make sure it's important - try to keep them to 30 minutes, max.
The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.
I never accepted the premise that meetings themselves were bad.
I don't have a tolerance for long meetings. I generally expect to get things over with quickly.
The central purpose of a chairman should be to ensure that the shortest possible time should elapse between the beginning of any meeting and its end.
Contrary to popular wisdom, the mark of a great meeting is not how short it is or whether it ends on time. The key is whether it ends with clarity and commitment from participants.
Anyone who makes a decision at our meetings is seen later and referred to a local clergyman, Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish.
