

Hold meetings to manage teamsĪnd situations, and achieve your objectives quicker, easier, and at less cost. Plan, run and follow up meetings properly, and they will repay the cost many times over because there is still no substitute for physical face-to-face meetings. Hold meetings, even if it's difficult to justify the time. That's why meetingsĪre so useful (statistics from research by Dr Albert Mehrabian). The other 55% of the meaning and feeling is carried in facial expressions and non-verbal signals. Meetings are better than telephone conferences because only 38% of the meaning and feeling are carried in the way that things are said. Meetings are effective because the written word only carries 7% of Meetings diffuse conflict in a way that emails and memos cannot. Meetings prevent 'not invented here' syndrome. Meetings create new ideas and initiatives. Properly run meetings save time, increase motivation, and productivity, and solve problems.

Meetings are vital for management and communication.
