Management training 'should highlight downsides of meetings'

Management training should highlight alternatives to the traditional meeting, which is commonly perceived as being a waste of time, an expert has claimed.

Al Pittampalli, author of Read This Before Our Next Meeting, says that there are deep and underlying reasons why many employees are frustrated with meetings.

He said: "Meetings get in the way of your project getting fulfilled. Meetings get in the way of the approval you need to take some type of action inside of your organisation and do something that matters."

Mr Pittampalli has warned that the traditional meeting, which is intended to help coordinate people's actions, often fail to achieve this.

He added that unnecessary meetings can actually obstruct a project's momentum and become actively harmful to it.

His comments were made at online webinar Wipe Out Mediocre Meetings & Become the Office Hero.

Earlier this month, head of insurance practice at McGregor Boyall Paul Byrne emphasised the benefits that management skills provide to businesses and the fact that these are in high demand.

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