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The hidden cost of pointless meetings.

Clive Griffiths
Clive Griffiths

The hidden cost of pointless meetings

Think about it.
Think hard about it.

Because every unproductive hour in a meeting
Is time stolen from the people you love.

Your calendar doesn’t need another pointless invite.
Your time is better spent driving impact, not idle talk.

Look at last week’s schedule. Which meetings:

#️⃣ Left roles and responsibilities unclear?
#️⃣ Started without a structured agenda?
#️⃣ Lacked ground-rules for discussion?
#️⃣ Ended without decisions or next steps?
#️⃣ Delivered an outcome below your pay-grade?

Any that did were a big 'ol waste of your time!

Stop saying yes to random invites.
Start demanding a productive process.

Rethink how you meet.

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