http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/ways-productive-work/ Glassdoor - An Inside Look at Jobs and Companies Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/ways-productive-work/comment-page-1/#comment-11175 aliceinez Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:04:16 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=3875#comment-11175 Invited to too many meetings and can't get any actual 'work' done? Find yourself doing email and your day job at home in the evening? <br>I suffer from the same problem. Only last week, I had 3 days solid of meetings for 7 - 8 hours each day. Unfortunately I was running most of them so unable to skip them. However, I have tried the following and have had some level of success.<br>a) If you are attending as a core participant, ask if you can go first and drop off the call early. This could save you as much as 45 minutes in your day.<br>b) Sounds brutal but try to be harsh about accepting meetings. If you are accepted to a meeting on a day that is already swamped, even if you are available, try to re-schedule or ask the person if it can be resolved in a coffee break rather than a meeting<br>c) Decline meetings that are not absolutely imperative - people will soon track you down if they require information or a decision.<br>d) Block out your calendar for portions of the day to avoid 'last minute' meeting requests and allow yourself some breathing space to get some work done. Invited to too many meetings and can't get any actual 'work' done? Find yourself doing email and your day job at home in the evening?
I suffer from the same problem. Only last week, I had 3 days solid of meetings for 7 – 8 hours each day. Unfortunately I was running most of them so unable to skip them. However, I have tried the following and have had some level of success.
a) If you are attending as a core participant, ask if you can go first and drop off the call early. This could save you as much as 45 minutes in your day.
b) Sounds brutal but try to be harsh about accepting meetings. If you are accepted to a meeting on a day that is already swamped, even if you are available, try to re-schedule or ask the person if it can be resolved in a coffee break rather than a meeting
c) Decline meetings that are not absolutely imperative – people will soon track you down if they require information or a decision.
d) Block out your calendar for portions of the day to avoid 'last minute' meeting requests and allow yourself some breathing space to get some work done.

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