One to Read: “Tuesday Tip: How to get out of pointless meetings”

This is fab advice. Ask what the desired outcome of the meeting is, ask what they think you’ll bring to it, and if you don’t think you’ll be useful, decline *but ask for the actions arising* (after all, someone thought you needed to be involved).

Tuesday Tip: How to get out of pointless meetings

For more tips like this, he has a weekly broadcast mailing list that I think is quite good.

JonTheNiceGuy

He/Him. Husband and father. Linux advocating geek. Co-Host on the AdminAdmin Podcast, occasional conference speaker.

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