The Connected Leadership Podcast: 'Do you have too many meetings?' Lawrence Krubner
'One on One Meetings are Underrated; Group Meetings Waste Time'. The title of Lawrence Krubner's book is the theme of this week's Connected Leadership Podcast. Lawrence discusses with Andy Lopata how meetings can be essential for some people but an inordinately inefficient way to get things done for others. If you invite fifteen people to an hour's meeting, you have to be sure the meeting is actually worth the fifteen hours of work lost. Too many large meetings are called to give out information that could be transmitted using technology, while one to one meetings are more productive. The basics of good meetings need to be understood and practiced by leaders. Larger gatherings for social reasons are good for morale. They can also be good for brainstorming exercises and for discovering talent. Smaller meetings help develop and deepen relationships and can help leaders adapt to the strengths and weaknesses of their teams.