It’s an age-old complaint: executive team meetings are “a waste of time.” Probe further and you’ll hear they’re “boring,” “serial one-on-ones with the CEO,” and a place where “decisions are avoided — not made.”
Why Excom Meetings Are the Wrong Place to Make Decisions
They’re better for discussing ideas than for acting on them.
July 08, 2015
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