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Developing and maintaining these complicated system required deep domain knowledge, technical engineering, vendor management and understanding how the systems tied together. Meetings were a tool we used to meet these demanding challenges. In my shop, IT leaders had a credibility problem with business counterparts when it came to meetings. They thought we attended too many of them and we did. Why was this? It’s because we proudly advertised heavy meeting schedules and viewed busy calendars as a badge of honor. We learned this behavior watching our managers and other role models in the workplace. . | It takes two to tango . but it takes three to meet Improving corporate meeting effectiveness By Chris Garson Copyright 2012 Chris Garson Smashwords Edition Audience corporate cube-dwellers or managers living in glass walled caves. If your idea of managing your calendar is talking to Bluetooth while driving to the next appointment or if you think of corporate HQ like a dentist - you go twice a year like it or not - this one may not be for you. Have you ever had a conversation similar to the one below Hey how s it going Oh man. I have meetings all day long. That stinks. Your colleague walks on by relieved not to have your boring schedule. How many of you have ever been asked why you or the people in your organization attend so many meetings It s happened to me more than once. People working in the corporate environment do attend many meetings they are a necessary part of our job. I led a large IT organization that was part of a larger one for a Fortune 200 company. We built systems comprised of commercial software and code developed in house running upon layers and layers of infrastructure supporting a large application portfolio and a coast to coast network of offices and remote users. Developing and maintaining these complicated system required deep domain knowledge technical engineering vendor management and understanding how the systems tied together. Meetings were a tool we used to meet these demanding challenges. In my shop IT leaders had a credibility problem with business counterparts when it came to meetings. They thought we attended too many of them and we did. Why was this It s because we proudly advertised heavy meeting schedules and viewed busy calendars as a badge of honor. We learned this behavior watching our managers and other role models in the workplace. Meetings were for important people everyone wants to be important. The simplest way to reduce your meeting load is to redefine what constitutes a meeting. Take pride in how many hours you re NOT in