MEETING QUALITY ASSESSMENT
Calculation of a Wasted-Meeting Time Index
Instructions: Reflect on your meetings. In this assessment you are asked to indicate the percentage of time that certain “negative things” happen or are present in your meetings. Rounding to the nearest 10% is totally fine (e.g., 10%, 20%, 30%). There is no need to overthink a response.
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Section 1:
Consider the following about the design of meetings (i.e., pre-meeting activity) and indicate the percentage of time it was true for the meetings you had over the last month.
Section 2:
Provide ratings about the meeting itself from three perspectives: time dynamics, interpersonal dynamics, and discussion dynamics, and indicate the percentage of time it was true for the meetings you had over the last month.
Section 3:
The following concerns activities at the end of the meaning or in response to the meeting. Indicate the percentage of time it was true for the meetings you had over the last month.
Now let’s calculate a grand average percent by plugging in the average percentages above.
The grand average percent that is calculated represents wasted meeting investment—a wasted-time index. Here is a guide to interpret your grand scores, based on my work with organizations:
