One really nice thing
about being a contract employee
is not having to go
to useless meetings
or ‘staying in the loop’
about things that don’t touch me.
I’m a much more productive person
for this
which gets me thinking…
why do full time employees
attend these meetings?
Is a bigger attendance at meetings
better for performance?
Ahhh… no.
Not usually.
So not usually that there’s a law
around this principle.
Brooks’ Law states
“Adding people to a late project
tends to make it run later still.”
The new people have to catch up.
The rest of the team
has to include them
in communication.
They have to ask for their feedback.
In other words,
they’re a time suck.
If you want a project
to launch on time,
keep the decision makers to a minimum.
Invite only these decision makers
to meetings.
Have them inform their staff.