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Want a better decision? Plan a better meeting Decisions are the lifeblood of organizations, and meetings are where important business decisions often happen. Yet many executives are nonplussed - at best - when describing their own experience of meetings. Some business leaders we know wonder openly how they can dedicate so much time (commonly six to seven hours a day and often more) to an activity that feels so unproductive. "I spend nearly all of my time in meetings," admitted one top-team member to us recently, "and I don't get to sit down to think on my own until after 6:00 p.m." Many leaders will empathize. In a recent McKinsey survey, 61 percent of executives said that at least half the time they spent making decisions, much of it surely spent in meetings, was ineffective. And just 37 percent of respondents said their organizations' decisions were both high-quality and timely. More here Read TradeBriefs every day, for the top insights! Advertisers of the day Kellogg Executive Education: Kellogg's Senior Management Program | June 2019 | Enroll Now EMERITUS Institute of Management: Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation & Design Thinking program| Accepting Applications Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails. Get today's top stories here More Marketing stories More Work stories More Retail stories More Telecom stories More Finance stories More IT stories More Digital stories More Logistics stories More Construction stories Get today's top stories here

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