Have you become a victim of meeting overload?

Many of the people I work with complain that they spend too much time in meetings. I’ll share a few steps on how you can reduce the time spent in meetings.

Check your calendar for the next month:

If recurring meetings equal less than 5 hours per week => You are doing OK.

If more than 5 hours per week, consider this:

1. Can information be shared async? => Cancel meeting
2. Can someone else attend and decide? => Delegate attendance
3. Can the agenda be covered faster? => Shorten the meeting
4. Is there not enough news every time? => Decrease frequency
5. Is all your time available to be booked by colleagues? => Block recurring slots

There is one monthly 30-minute meeting you should add to your calendar: "Reconsider time spent in meetings and clean up calendar meeting - participants: you"

If you want a second pair of eyes on the whole calendar, not just the meetings, the Whole Human Baseline is where I'd start.

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