Overloaded With Meetings? Here's What to Do

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Like it or not, meetings are a part of working life. Meetings are where decisions are made, projects are allocated, announcements are shared, etc. But the reality is that not all meetings are really that productive. Some meetings are just a drain on everyone's time and actually get in the way of you performing your job.

不管喜不喜欢，会议都是我们职业生涯的一部分SbAPgw!eSM。我们在会上做决定、分配计划、交流意见…但事实上，不是所有的会议都有产出#!+9U^r.a*SXizWG^s。有些会议不仅浪费个人时间，还阻碍工作的进展78G3iBXA#oD。

Here are a few ways to manage the meetings on your calendar:

下面给您一些合理安排会议的建议：

1. Check to see if each meeting on your calendar has an agenda. If not, ask for a detailed agenda and what the meeting requester hopes to achieve in the time frame.

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2. Ask if the discussion can be closed through a different format: discussion over email, a quick phone call or an online survey, etc, versus meeting face to face.

2.询问会议负责人是否可以用其他形式代替面谈：比如邮件、电话或者线上调查%*WyrmD3H+Wa-G&g。

3. Prioritize your goals and let the organizer know your priorities are different from the meeting. You could suggest they send you an email with meeting notes so that you are aware of what was discussed.

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4. Get your manager's buy-in. Let your manager know how you are handling your schedule and how you plan on managing meetings.

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5. Have a dedicated meeting day. Mattel Griffel, co-founder and CEO of One Month, suggests dedicating Wednesdays as the day of meetings. It falls in the middle of the week, giving you time to get work done in the first and second half of the week.

5. 安排高效会议日(1eed6@SSh5d。One Month公司的联合创立人和CEO，Mattel Griffel建议把周三作为会议日XmWfXL5^OL。因为周三在一周的中间，可以让你有时间在会后一周内或者一周半内顺利完成任务dVI]4^(267)ESH^。

"The net result of doing meetings one day per week is having long, uninterrupted blocks of time during the other days that lets you be incredibly productive," he writes at Forbes.

他在《福布斯》杂志中写道：“每周一次会议的直接目的就是为了让员工在会后时间充裕且无打扰的期间完成工作，这样工作效率也高Nh,hIhU@w|uzaYnEOE。”

6. Set an example. Make sure that when you organize meetings, you are very clear about the objectives. Evaluate whether the meeting can be avoided and if there is a better way to meet those objectives.

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