Balance Quote by Patrick Lencioni

Most meetings are too long, too dull, too unproductive - and too much a part of corporate life to be abandoned.

— Lois Wyse

I try not to schedule too many meetings. That's one of the things I learned in corporate America - that you can spend your…

— Brad Stevens

Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetings the better.

— Peter Drucker

I believe that meetings at the top level in a relatively informal atmosphere are always useful, and there is reason to hope that we…

— Vladimir Putin

I find most meetings are a waste of time, because they are so ill-prepared and there's little opportunity for true synergy in producing better…

— Stephen Covey

Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.

— Fred Wilson

The best meetings get real work done. When your people learn that your meetings actually accomplish something, they will stop making excuses to be…

— Larry Constantine

“Meetings are at the heart of an effective organization, and each meeting is an opportunity to clarify issues, set new directions, sharpen focus, create…

— Paul Axtell

“An unprofitable company must not be doing work useful to society. Perhaps its products are lousy or maybe is badly run. In any case,…

— Toshihiko Yamashita

A good rule in organizational analysis is that no meeting of the minds is really reached until we talk of specific actions or decisions.…

— Joseph M. Juran

My advice was to start a policy of making reversible decisions before anyone left the meeting or the office. In a startup, it doesn't…

— Anonymous

Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so - most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your…

— Justin Rosenstein