Be a Meeting Maestro
If you seek to lead better meetings, follow these tips to becoming a meeting maestro:
- Set clear objectives
- Create an agenda
- Invite relevant participants
- Start and end on time
- Facilitate participation
- Stay focused
- Encourage productive conflict
- Use technology wisely
- Take minutes and assign action items
- Follow up
For more information on holding productive meetings, check out Chapter 36 in my book, Lifelines for Leaders.