7 deadly sins of meeting

Sin #1: People don't take meetings seriously. They arrive late, leave early, and spend most of their time doodling.

Sin #2: Meetings are too long. They should accomplish twice as much in half the time.

Sin #3: People wander off the topic. Participants spend more time digressing than discussing.

Sin #4: Nothing happens once the meeting ends. People don't convert decisions into action.

Sin #5: People don't tell the truth. There's plenty of conversation, but not much candor.

Sin #6: Meetings are always missing important information, so they postpone critical decisions.

Sin #7: Meetings never get better. People make the same mistakes.


Ripped it off from some website. Sad to say, all meetings I ever attended are guilty of at least 5 of the 7 listed sins. Maybe NUS (and ah gong's army) should start a module on meeting management or even make it a university requirement module.