Variables MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST LIVENING UP A BORED ROOM Meeting Standards
A 2016 WORKPLACE SURVEY FOUND EMPLOYEES SPEND only about 40% of their time fulfilling their primary job duties. The main time-killing culprit: meetings. Almost six in 10 workers say wasteful meetings are the biggest impediment to getting their job done. Here are some head-honcho strategies for getting the most out of your meetings. — Steve Brearton
SATYA NADELLA CEO, MICROSOFT CORP.
One Friday a month, Nadella meets with top staffers for an eight-hour meeting. “The senior leadership team of any company [has] got to stay on the same page,” Nadella told the Wall Street Journal. “Any organization can easily devolve into a bunch of silos.” On the other Fridays, meetings last only four hours
STEVE JOBS COFOUNDER AND FORMER CEO, APPLE INC.
When Jobs called a meeting, he expected everyone to participate and small was necessarily better. He would even pare the numbers down in session, asking staffers who they were and dismissing them if they weren’t required. “I don’t think we need you in this meeting. Thanks”
PHIL LIBIN
COFOUNDER AND FORMER CEO, EVERNOTE CORP.
Around 2012, Libin started a training pro- gram where employees sat in on executive meetings, regardless of their expertise. Libin got the idea for his Evernote Officer Training from a friend who served on a US Navy submarine, where everyone had to know how to do everyone else’s job
MARISSA MAYER FORMER CEO, YAHOO INC.
Mayer would ask employees pitching new ideas to always back up the concept with data. The tech exec could have up to 70 meetings in a week and allowed people to schedule gatherings for as little as 10 minutes
ELON MUSK FOUNDER AND CEO, TESLA MOTORS
Musk likes to keep meetings short and expects everyone to contribute. One former employee recalls a meeting where Musk turned to a staffer, noted he hadn’t said anything and asked him why he was there
JEFF BEZOS FOUNDER AND CEO, AMAZON
Bezos’ “two-pizza rule” demands meetings be small enough that two pizzas can feed everyone. The idea is that smaller groups avoid “group think” and “social loafing”
8 | CPA MAGAZINE | JANUARY 2018
Courtesy of Satya Nadella
Paul Sakuma/AP/Canadian Press
Courtesy of Phil Libin
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Courtesy of Jeff Bezos
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