Meetings should be engines for progress, yet for many organisations they’ve become the place where energy, momentum and good intentions go to die. Most people don’t complain about having too much to do - they complain about having too many meetings that don’t achieve anything. As leaders, we set the tone. If we allow meetings to sprawl, people assume our thinking does too. If we run them tightly, people rise to our level. Here are three ways to make your meetings shorter, sharper and genuinely useful:
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Keep it small: Only invite those essential to the decision. Everyone else gets the summary, not the seat.
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Set the agenda: Share it beforehand so people arrive prepared, not improvising.
- Respect the clock: Shorter meetings force clarity; longer ones reward waffle.
The above leadership tip...
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