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Meeting Shifting: How The World’s Top 15% Of Teams Unlock Faster And Bolder Collaboration—and Cut Wasteful Meetings
30 May 2023
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Let's imagine a leadership team meeting with a cost-cutting proposal on the agenda from the Chief Information Officer to increase centralization of shared IT resources. The CIO and their team have prepped the cost efficiencies after a request from the CEO and the Chief Financial Officer. At the meeting, the CIO presents the proposals to frame a discussion. But they have already pre-sold the package to the CFO and brought up many of the likely challenges with the CEO and asked both for their backing before even coming into the room because they expect pushback from business unit leaders against the idea of more central control of IT and loss of customized attention.
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