Ah, the meeting — the cornerstone of corporate life.
Meetings are supposed to improve team relationships, encourage idea generation and discussion, and ensure transparency and accountability. Of course, most of us know that’s not how they usually go.
The fact is, many meetings just aren’t effective. One survey of senior managers found that 70% of meetings are a waste of time. Another discovered that 67% of employees think meetings keep them from completing important tasks.
And the pandemic made the “meeting problem” worse. In an attempt to make up for the lack of in-person contact, people started scheduling every moment a team spent together.
But more meetings didn’t create more connections. A lot of employees (especially those new to the workforce) felt more isolated and disconnected than ever. To make matters worse, having more meetings didn’t lead to better results.
That’s because meeting culture, in its current form, is broken. The good news is that there are ways to collaborate that make teams happier, more effective, and even more productive in and out of meetings.
And one of the most effective ways to collaborate is also one of the simplest. Asynchronous collaboration teamwork that occurs at different times across different channels allows you to create a supportive, flexible workflow that fits every team member’s needs. And by making the bulk of your work async, you can save your “face time” for the stuff that matters.
Of course, changing something like meeting culture won’t happen overnight. But, in this guide, we’ll make a case for shifting toward async work, and we’ll provide strategies and best practices to help get you and your team into a new, flexible workflow.
Ah, the meeting — the cornerstone of corporate life.
Meetings are supposed to improve team relationships, encourage idea generation and discussion, and ensure transparency and accountability. Of course, most of us know that’s not how they usually go.
The fact is, many meetings just aren’t effective. One survey of senior managers found that 70% of meetings are a waste of time. Another discovered that 67% of employees think meetings keep them from completing important tasks.
And the pandemic made the “meeting problem” worse. In an attempt to make up for the lack of in-person contact, people started scheduling every moment a team spent together.
But more meetings didn’t create more connections. A lot of employees (especially those new to the workforce) felt more isolated and disconnected than ever. To make matters worse, having more meetings didn’t lead to better results.
That’s because meeting culture, in its current form, is broken. The good news is that there are ways to collaborate that make teams happier, more effective, and even more productive in and out of meetings.
And one of the most effective ways to collaborate is also one of the simplest. Asynchronous collaboration teamwork that occurs at different times across different channels allows you to create a supportive, flexible workflow that fits every team member’s needs. And by making the bulk of your work async, you can save your “face time” for the stuff that matters.
Of course, changing something like meeting culture won’t happen overnight. But, in this guide, we’ll make a case for shifting toward async work, and we’ll provide strategies and best practices to help get you and your team into a new, flexible workflow.
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