If you’re an HR leader and want to do something that will significantly impact the bottom line at your company, here it is: Cut meetings in half.

Cut Meetings in Half; Save a Billion Dollars
HR can develop a staffing plan to save mountains of cash and small cities worth of headcount. Here’s how: Create a Cut it in Half campaign. Sell the idea to the CFO and CEO. Look like a hero.

Cut it in Half: The Mantra
Half the people.
Half the time.

Imagine how much more productivity you could get from your white collar employees if you challenged (okay, I mean “demanded”) meeting organizers to cut the number of attendees in half. Then cut the meeting time in half. If all meetings in your place are scheduled for an hour, make 30 minutes the rule. If eight people are deemed “necessary,” invite them, then when the group arrives at the meeting, make four of them leave. Half the people; half the time.

This isn’t nuts. It’s reality. Managers become senior managers when their calendars are fully booked. How does that make any sense? I’m not saying that all meetings are a waste, just half of each of those meetings. So get on with it. Half the people; half the time. How hard would that be? Hey, recruiters, want to cut down on your workload and look for qualified candidates rather than warm bodies to fill seats at meetings? Half the people; half the time.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

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