Standing up while explaining my work during meetings requires more effort than just sitting down the whole time.
And because standing up is eventually tiring, I’m compelled to make the most of my time by getting the story straight and doing away with all the ramblings. I never really thought about it as something that could help me deliver shortly and effectively, but it did.
Now I know why.
From Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More:
Throughout the workplace, small redesigns can have a big impact. Want shorter and more effective meetings? You could create better agendas or discipline people so that they don’t ramble on. Or here’s another idea: try removing all the chairs in the room, compelling people to stand up. Research has discovered that stand-up meetings are 34 percent shorter than sit-down meetings, and the decisions they produce are equally effective.
Although we never did any stand-up meetings, I experienced how standing up to deliver my presentation at work meetings elicited the same result.
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