Five Bad Meeting Anti-Patterns and How Spryng and Other Companies are Combating Them

Five Bad Meeting Anti-Patterns and How Spryng and Other Companies are Combating Them

There is an ongoing epidemic of too many meetings and time overruns. It’s driving people insane and creates an unnecessary amount of frustration and often resentment.
Spryng Editorial
Spryng Editorial
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Spryng Co-Founders Donald Tanguay (ex-Google) and Johan Premfors (ex-Merrill Lynch, ex-CEO of The Coaches Training Institute) share five common anti-patterns about bad meetings and real-life examples of how they and other companies are combating them.


Anti-Pattern 1: Lack of Clear Agenda
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Anti-Pattern 2: Overcrowded Meetings
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Anti-Pattern 3: Meetings That Run Over Time
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Anti-Pattern 4: Boring and Unengaging Meetings
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Anti-Pattern 5: Meetings That Could Have Been Emails
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