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I have often questioned the value of meetings.Especially when they seem to get in the way of the actual selling.
A friend at Nat West was summoned to two 'conference calls' a day. He had to say what he was selling to all his colleagues on the phone. And he had to tell them all what he had sold that day.
He argued that he would have been able to sell a lot more had he not been in meetings all the time. The needing to be sat at his desk on the phone was too much time wasted when he wasnted to be out with his customers.
Ridiculous really.
There is a value in meetings although this is often negated because of the number of them which can be, frankly, unnecessary. Have meaningful meetings by all means, Don't have meetings for the sake of it, to try and justify your position. That doesn't work. I see it all the time though. Some people feel compelled to call them so as to let others know they are important. Actaully, that is a poor reason for calling people together as it stops productivity. Let people get on with their jobs without interference. You employed them. Delegate, let them be and judge them monthly, quaterley or annually. Not every day just for the sake of it.
You have to have meetings. The key is to have meaningful ones. If they are just for the sake of them then no, they are not worth a bean.