Definitions Quote by Peter Drucker

Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization. For one either meets or one works.

— Peter Drucker

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

— Peter Drucker

“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

A meeting is an occasion when people gather together, some to say what they do not think, and others not to say what they…

— Vladimir Voinovich

A lot of meetings are held to arrange when to have meetings. ... Meetings today are usually called conferences to make them sound more significant.

— Jilly Cooper

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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

Meetings are usually terrible, but they shouldn't be.

— Patrick Lencioni

When the outcome of a meeting is to have another meeting, it has been a lousy meeting.

— Herbert Hoover

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

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential,…

— Dave Barry

Meetings should have as few people as possible, but all the right people.

— Charles W. Scharf