會議太多？小編支招

Overloaded With Meetings? Here's What to Do

會議太多？小編支招

Like it or not, meetings are a part of working life. Meetings are where decisions are made, projects are allocated, announcements are shared, etc. But the reality is that not all meetings are really that productive. Some meetings are just a drain on everyone's time and actually get in the way of you performing your job.

不管喜不喜歡，會議都是我們職業生涯的一部分。我們在會上做決定、分配計劃、交流意見…但事實上，不是所有的會議都有產出。有些會議不僅浪費個人時間，還阻礙工作的進展。

Here are a few ways to manage the meetings on your calendar:

下面給您一些合理安排會議的建議：

1. Check to see if each meeting on your calendar has an agenda. If not, ask for a detailed agenda and what the meeting requester hopes to achieve in the time frame.

1.查一查是不是所有會議都在您日曆安排的日程上。如果沒有，向會議負責人要一份詳細的會議安排並清楚瞭解會議需要達成的共識。

2. Ask if the discussion can be closed through a different format: discussion over email, a quick phone call or an online survey, etc, versus meeting face to face.

2.詢問會議負責人是否可以用其他形式代替面談：比如郵件、電話或者線上調查。

3. Prioritize your goals and let the organizer know your priorities are different from the meeting. You could suggest they send you an email with meeting notes so that you are aware of what was discussed.

3.以優先順序排列你的目標，讓組織者明白你的目標與會議要達成的目標不一致。可以建議他們在會後發送給你一封會議紀要郵件，這樣你就能瞭解會議主要談些什麼了。

4. Get your manager's buy-in. Let your manager know how you are handling your schedule and how you plan on managing meetings.

4.讓你的經理參與其中：讓經理了解你的日程計劃和會議安排。

5. Have a dedicated meeting day. Mattel Griffel, co-founder and CEO of One Month, suggests dedicating Wednesdays as the day of meetings. It falls in the middle of the week, giving you time to get work done in the first and second half of the week.

5. 安排高效會議日。One Month公司的聯合創立人和CEO，Mattel Griffel建議把週三作爲會議日。因爲週三在一週的中間，可以讓你有時間在會後一週內或者一週半內順利完成任務。

"The net result of doing meetings one day per week is having long, uninterrupted blocks of time during the other days that lets you be incredibly productive," he writes at Forbes.

他在《福布斯》雜誌中寫道：“每週一次會議的直接目的就是爲了讓員工在會後時間充裕且無打擾的期間完成工作，這樣工作效率也高。”

6. Set an example. Make sure that when you organize meetings, you are very clear about the objectives. Evaluate whether the meeting can be avoided and if there is a better way to meet those objectives.

6.樹立榜樣。在主持會議期間要明確會議細則。衡量這場會議是否必要，是否有其他方式可以代替會議達成目標。

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