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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Schmoe" data-source="post: 7666300" data-attributes="member: 913"><p>I'm not saying meetings are inherently evil.  Meetings can serve a lot of purpose and can be very useful.  Most of my job consists of communication, leadership, and meetings!  But 5+ hours every single day of cross-functional meetings is a sign of a poorly functioning organization.  There are much better ways to do things, including informal face-to-face discussions, phone calls, working groups, etc.  I typically find that when you start defining the purpose and agenda for each meeting, and only including people that are really needed to fulfill the purpose, the number and length of meetings starts shrinking.  Also, maybe it's a matter of terminology, but I wouldn't consider a working group to be a meeting, as long as people are actually working when they get together and not just reviewing status.</p></blockquote><p></p>