Joe and Wanda on Management

Rod Smith, adjunct professor for the Ken Blanchard College of Business at Grand Canyon University and founder of a leadership development consulting firm called Athena Consulting calls meetings the “cockroaches of American business,” because most of them are ugly, are hard to kill, happen when you put out food, have existed since the beginning of time (corporate), and serve no useful purpose!  He further states that they are the #1 productivity drain in corporate America today with nothing else even a close second.

Nick Gonzalez posted a piece today TechCrunch referencing PayScale’s Meeting Miser tool which calculates a meeting’s cost. Just provide the titles of the participants and the location, and it does the rest.  Joe and Wanda, any thoughts?

Joe Kerr: I’m not a big fan of meetings, but hell, I spend about 6 hours per day in them so I try to make the best of them. After I spew a platitude or two very early on to demonstrate my authority and feign interest, I hit the PDA and take care of business. I’m a great listener, so I pick up the keywords and pipe up occasionally with a priceless nugget for the other attendees. If I’m really dragging and about to fall asleep, I text the wife and have her call me so I can make an early exit. 

Wanda B. Goode: I agree with Rod. I love that analogy. Typically the larger the meeting, the more painful too, and obviously the more costly. Can’t wait to check out the Meeting Miser. View the earlier post in the “meetings” category for tips to make meetings more productive. 

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