When asked about meetings they attend,  people often roll their eyes or sigh heavily and say, "Don’t ask!" Clearly, something’s wrong. While "ineptly-conducted" is one of the usual suspects and an obvious contributor to the problem, something deeper and frequently overlooked lies at its heart.  It’s a major flaw which seriously reinforces the tendency of meetings to waste time, squander potential and irritate the participants.  One researcher points bluntly to it when he describes why so many … [Read more...]