The OECD ( 2017) survey indicated that the most common barrier to productivity was “wasteful” meetings (57% of respondents). Unfortunately, many meetings are perceived as a waste of time or an unpleasant experience.
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Meetings can offer behavior analysts a platform for generating ideas, detecting and solving problems, assigning tasks, communicating and seeking consultation, generating work products, monitoring performance, shaping a supervisee’s professional repertoire, and enhancing interpersonal relationships (Hindle, 1998 Hood, 2013 Sellers, Valentino, & LeBlanc, 2016). However, a well-planned and well-executed meeting (i.e., an effective meeting) can generate a return on the meeting time investment. For example, a meeting with 10 people participating for 1 h has a cost of 10 person-hours (Fried, 2010, 10:55). Meetings, particularly formal ones, require an investment of time and money in the form of person-hours (Hindle, 1998). Informal meetings might occur almost anywhere and usually do not have an explicit planned agenda. Formal meetings are held at definite times, at definite places, and usually for definite durations to follow an agreed-upon agenda (Meeting, n.d.).
Hindle ( 1998) defines a meeting as two or more people coming together at a prearranged time and place to resolve problems or make decisions. It is not unreasonable to assume that behavior analysts spend a similar amount of time in meetings with clients, families, students, supervisors, and colleagues, though no studies have specifically examined meetings in our field. Surveys specific to helping professions reported approximately 47% of the workday is being spent in meetings (U.S.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2017) surveyed companies with 500 or more employees, and respondents reported that 17% of their time was spent in meetings (Workfront, 2017–2018). Meetings are one of the most commonly occurring workplace experiences.
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