Inspired by Ted Murphy's post about the TIM meeting calculator, I whipped up an Excel version to meet my own needs. How could I not? After all, it's name after me!
Anyway, I cranked this out because I lead a daily meeting with at least 2 dozen daily attendees ranging from hourly support employees to multiple vice-presidents, and I use a projector and Excel as my tools so a spreadsheet will be the most effective communication tool in my environment. I'm the Materials guy that gets assigned to the programs with "issues", so during the early stages the meeting time can be extensive (read: expensive). As control is re-established and meeting time's are cut down, the productive time of the team is freed to go back to generating profit.
The other reason I created the spreadsheet is because Money is Money and I didn't want to pay for the TIM. But if you don't get to keep Excel running during the meeting where everyone can see the result, by all means head over to Ted.me and follow the link to buy a TIM of your own.
In the meantime, feel free to download the Time is Money Excel Calculator: [download#3]
Note: The file contains 2 macros to enter the start and end times conveniently.
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