Oh, the afternoon meeting, the woe of many office workers around the world. Sometimes they are fine, but other times, it\u2019s very clear that they are not always an effective use of your time. Despite this, there is still a heavy emphasis on meetings in the workplace, to the point where some employees feel that their time is being wasted and misused as a result\u2014a premise that is supported by surveys and research.<\/p>\n
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Asana published their Anatomy of Work global index, a report that details the amount of time businesses spend on meetings and other activities deemed \u201cwork about work,\u201d i.e. wasteful time. Meetings are often about work, and as such, actual work is not necessarily being done during them. This report highlights the feedback of 9,615 knowledge workers from the United States, the UK, Australia, France, Germany, and Japan, and you might be surprised by the results.<\/p>\n
Or, maybe you aren\u2019t, and you\u2019re just looking for justification for your suspicions about how much work is really getting done in your meetings.<\/p>\n
The workers surveyed indicate that, on average, 58% of their workdays are spent on \u201cwork about work,\u201d with skilled work and strategic work sitting at a paltry 33% and 9%, respectively.<\/p>\n
So, the question then becomes, what are you actually paying your employees to do: the work their job requires, or sitting in meetings getting nothing of value done?<\/p>\n
You might not like to admit it\u2014after all, there is good that can come from the conference room, if meetings are managed appropriately and used sparingly\u2014but \u201cwork about work\u201d will slowly kill productivity. Asana\u2019s definition of \u201cwork about work\u201d is any activity other than skilled work which you hire someone to do. For example, hiring a programmer to sit in endless meetings rather than develop something of value is sure to have them jonesing to get their hands on some code, and it\u2019s also sure to hold your business back from leveraging resources to the best of your ability.<\/p>\n
Here are some more specific numbers to consider:<\/p>\n
Seems to us like that time could be put to better use. If you\u2019re ready, why not give us a call?<\/p>\n
Meetings are still a necessary evil in a lot of ways, and that reality is not going away, but you can make them more effective and more worthwhile for everyone involved by keeping them on-task and focused. The right collaboration tools can help you achieve this goal. To learn more, contact Nexela today at (215) 525-3223.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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