Friday Thread #03: Running Meetings People Love

Meetings are unavoidable in most organizations but there's plenty of room for improvement.

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For our third Friday Thread, let’s talk about meetings.

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I have had my share of terrible meetings but I have also been part of fantastic ones. Let’s explore a few ideas for how we could all run better meetings and contribute to a less boring workplace.

For this week’s Friday Thread:

What are your best ideas for running great meetings?

I have four ideas:

• Decision Agendas (for designing agendas that get completed)

• Parking Lots (for dealing with those individuals who ramble)

• Offline Context (for saving you from endless PowerPoint presentations)

• Systems for Check-ins (for helping directs reports communicate issues earlier)