I'm writing a blog post about meeting nightmares and I need your stories.
The ones that should have been an email. The ones with 40 people and no agenda. The ones where someone shared their screen for 20 minutes and couldn't find the file.
Drop them in the comments. The worse (or funnier) the better.
🗣️ Silence in meetings may feel safe—but it has a cost.
You lose influence. Others lose your perspective.
💡 Tip from Robyn McLeod: Speak up early. The longer you wait, the harder it gets.
🔗 https://chatsworthconsulting.com/2025/07/17/speak-up-people-want-to-hear-what-you-have-to-say-3/
#LeadershipDevelopment #ODLeadership #SpeakUp #MeetingCulture
Microsoft study: Late meetings up 16%, most happen without calendar invites. We've evolved from "this meeting could have been an email" to "this surprise meeting at 9 PM definitely should have been nothing." 📧⏰
Meetings starting after 8 p.m. are up 16% compared to a year ago, and at 10 p.m. almost a third of active workers are still monitoring their inboxes, according to research from Microsoft. Bloomberg: The company's annual work trends study, which is based on aggregated and anonymized data from Microso...
Podcast: Warum Arbeit häufig Zeitverschwendung ist
Gerade von Kollegen empfohlen bekommen: eine Podcast Folge über Arbeit und Meetings. – Wird irgendwie nie alt.
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https://www.locked.de/podcast-warum-arbeit-haufig-zeitverschwendung-ist/
Gerade von Kollegen empfohlen bekommen: eine Podcast Folge über Arbeit und Meetings. - Wird irgendwie nie alt. Viele Meetings, wenig »echte« Arbeit: So sieht der Berufsalltag vieler Menschen aus. Was tun gegen die Flut von sinnlosen Aufgaben? Zum Podcast: https://pca.st/bspbms3p
Audio and Video Quality in Online Meetings DOES matter
We’ve all been there – endless online meetings, squinting at grainy screens, wondering if our colleagues are even awake. Seriously, how many online meeting does it take to realize that audio and video quality matter more than we want to admit?
Remember the old adage, “It’s so important to see each other”? Well, that applies to virtual meetings […]
https://www.locked.de/audio-and-video-quality-in-online-meetings-does-matter/
#Communication #HomeOffice #Meetingculture #Meetings #Technology
HomeOffice- vs Office-Discussion gone Wrong
I just read an article on t3n about reasons to be in the office and reasons to stay in the HomeOffice. It’s an interesting read, just at one point I could have screamed (maybe I even did)! 🤦♂️
According to Kramer, people who work remotely are often very task-oriented. Getting straight to the point after one or two […]
https://www.locked.de/homeoffice-vs-office-discussion-gone-wrong/
Wenn du zu spät ins Online Meeting kommst, und die Präsentation in vollem Gange ist, bleibt dein Mikro stumm und du hältst dich mit deinen Entschuldigungen für's Zuspätkommen gefälligst zurück.
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