Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title Hot desking, tea rounds and surviving meetings IRL: the new rules of the office Media name/outlet The Guardian Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 17/05/22 Description “When it comes to meetings, we should be having less of them,” argues Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology and health at the Alliance Manchester Business School, and co-author of Remote Workplace Culture. “If you have them, have them quick and have them late. Instead of having it at 9 o’clock where it can go on until 12, have it at 11.30, because everyone gets hungry at 12.30. Three-hour meetings are useless. Reach your goddamn decision and don’t have game-playing.”
You can also set an alarm on your phone to go off 10 minutes into one of those scheduled informal “chats” that can fill the soul with dread. Once your phone starts vibrating, you can claim it’s an urgent call to do something – anything – else.
And if someone corners you when you’re trying to wrap up for the day? “If someone was hovering around my desk, I’d just explain that I want to go home and see my kids,” says Cooper. “But I’d add that I’ll give them a call and talk properly another time.”URL https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/may/17/hot-desking-tea-rounds-and-surviving-meeting-irl-the-new-rules-of-the-office Persons Cary Cooper
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- office work