According to a survey conducted by Verizon, US businesses lose $37 billion due to unnecessary meetings each year. If you want to ensure that your company does not contribute to that staggering figure, you should take a page out of the book of legendary former General Electric CEO Jack Welch.
Instead of calling all of your division managers and for meetings that can last the length of the workday, visit each division regularly and conduct 10 minute meetings in which only problems and the solutions to those problems are discussed.
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