New post added at News Channel 365 - 3 Ways Steve Jobs Made Meetings Insanely Productive — And Often TerrifyingSource: businessinsider - Sunday, December 21, 2014 American businesses lose an estimated $37 billion a year due to meeting mistakes . Steve Jobs made sure that Apple wasn't one of those companies. Here are three ways the iconic CEO made meetings super productive. 1. He kept meetings as small as possible. In his book " Insanely Simple ," longtime Jobs collaborator Ken Segall detailed what it was like to work with him. In one story , Jobs was about to start a weekly meeting with Apple's ad agency. Then Jobs spotted someone new. "He stopped cold," Segall writes. "His eyes locked on to the one thing in the room that didn't look right. Pointing to Lorrie, he said, 'Who are you?'" Calmly, she explained that she was asked to the meeting because she was a part of related marketing projects. Jobs heard her, and t hen politely told her to get out. "I don't think we need you in this meeting, Lorrie. Thanks," he said. He was similarly ruthless with himself. When Barack Obama asked him to join a small gathering of tech moguls, Jobs declined — the President invited too many people for his taste . 2. He made sure someone was responsible for each item on the agenda. In a 2011 feature investigating Apple's culture , Fortune reporter Adam Lashinsky detailed a few of the formal processes that Jobs used, which led Apple to become the world's most valuable company. At the core of Job's mentality was the "accountability mindset" — meaning that processes were put in place so that everybody kneAll Related
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