It sucks to consistently have critical job duties get pushed into the evenings and weekends because you’re spending a lot of the regular work hours in meetings.

You’re wondering who should be in each meeting, are you? Tough question! The answer to this question is circumstantial. But here’s the thing - big meetings make people sad.

As an agency, we’ve interviewed thousands of leaders and employees, and a common complaint we hear is, “I’m in too many meetings.”

When they’re done right, remote meetings can foster an environment of connection and collaboration where stuff gets done. When they’re done poorly, they can really suck.

The only thing worse than a poorly run meeting is a poorly run meeting filled with people who are behaving poorly. So how do you get people to bring their best selves to meetings?  Here are a few tips.

Meetings are a microcosm of the broader organization’s culture, which leads to a piece of really good news: In many ways you can actually reverse engineer an organization’s culture by improving their meetings!