Mastering Meeting Management
Mastering Meeting Management, is, for most of us, a chore.
Most of us would really rather not have to have meetings, but they are hard to avoid.
If, like me, you attend lots of meetings where you come away thinking 'what was that for?', then the following tips may help you to run your meetings more effectively.
Be clear what the meeting is forMeetings are for sharing information and then making decisions based on that information. Nothing else.
Limit attendee numbersDon't invite anyone (or attend) to a meeting if they aren't crucial to the purpose. The effectiveness of a meeting will drop off rapidly beyond about 6-8 attendees.
Send out an agenda in advance of the meetingHow will people know how to prepare otherwise?
Don't have AOB on your agendaIt just encourages the wafflers, the complainers and the unprepared.
Put agenda items in order of importanceThat way you have a fighting chance of getting the most important stuff done.
Set a time limit for the meetingThere is nothing...