Does your company waste time in unproductive meetings? You should setup a time to chat with local entrepreneur and all-around nice guy, Lee Pichette. He is helping teams transform how they host meetings with his new company, MeetingHabits.
Q: Why did you start MeetingHabits?
It’s one of those classic stories of someone developing a product they needed because it didn’t
already exist. As I became more aware of how much time my teams wasted in unproductive
meetings, I looked around to see if there was “an app for that”. I found countless articles about
the massive amount of time wasted, but I couldn’t find a product that would work. That piqued
my curiosity and I started to dig deeper into the problem.
Q: How big is the problem?
It’s big and expensive. Research shows employees waste up to 31 hours a month in
unproductive meetings. That means many mid-sized companies are wasting 14,000 - 140,000
hours a year. If the average employee at a 500 person company cuts 1 hour per week, that can
save a million dollars a year.
There is a meeting cost calculator on our website and the results can be staggering.
That said, it’s not just about saving time and money. It’s ultimately about fostering a culture of
productivity that enables teams to move faster than their competition.
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