5 Ways to Improve Meeting Productivity

It’s hard to imagine a bigger time-suck than a meeting. That noise you just heard was the collective groan of meeting-weary professionals everywhere. It’s no surprise given that most of them suffer through more than 60 meetings per month. And more than half of that meeting time is — you guessed it — non-productive. It doesn’t have to be this way. Martin Murphy’s book, “No More Pointless Meetings: Breakthrough Sessions That Will Revolutionize the Way You Work,” offers plenty of universal advice on how to make your meetings more effective and productive. Incorporate the following five tips into your meetings to improve your team’s idea-generation and problem-solving productivity. 1. Kill the Critique Nothing crushes creativity and enthusiasm faster than criticism. At the outset of a project, focus on generating ideas and worry about evaluat...