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Meetings can be a massive time waster if not done right. But if handled correctly and used for the appropriate reasons, they can be the most effective way to organize the communication in your team.

Meetings are ineffective for a few reasons – When there are too many meetings each week; when there are unclear objectives; or when everyone is talking about theories and ideas and it never gets down to action steps.