The Number One Productivity Killer? Meetings

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Let's face it. Meetings are necessary evils. But according to one report, there have been 192% more Microsoft Teams meetings and calls per week since February 2020. Employees spend an average of eight hours in meetings a weeky. Here are ten strategies you can use to reduce the number of meetings you have — and to make the ones you do have better.

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