Don't hold large meetings, except if they are providing value to everyone. Then keep the meeting short.A typical meeting should involve no more than 4 - 6 people. Before you send out your next invite list ask: Who on this list will add (or receive) the most value? Is there anyone who doesn't need to be there?

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If you are invited to a meeting but realize that you do not add value, leave.This advice might at first seem shocking, but if the whole team can view this rule as beneficial and use it tactfully, it can help build authenticity and transparency in an organization.

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Get rid of regular meetings unless you are dealing with a pressing matter. Once the issue is resolved, the meeting frequency should drop.Ask yourself how urgent the need behind the meeting is and if you can instead reduce the frequency and communicate via email or group chat.

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	<li>Elon Musk has built Tesla into an incredibly valuable company. </li>
	<li>According to Musk, one way to run better meetings is to just leave if you're not adding value.</li>
	<li>Meetings should remain small, and happen infrequently.</li>
	<li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li>
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In just over 10 years since becoming <a href="https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/elon-musk-sent-an-extraordinary-email-to-employees-and-taught-a-major-lesson-in.html">Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk</a> has managed to take his company from relative unknown to one of the most valuable automakers in the world.
To accomplish that - to succeed against large, entrenched competitors in a legacy market - <a href="https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/elon-musk-sent-an-email-to-employees-at-120-in-morning-it-just-may-signal-end-of-tesla.html">Musk has repeatedly said that Tesla needs to work harder and think differently.</a>
In a <a href="https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/elon-musk-just-sent-an-extraordinary-email-to-tesla-employees.html">brilliant email sent last year,</a> Musk offered an insightful look into one way Tesla does this through the way company leaders run their meetings. 
And chances are, these meetings look a lot different than the ones held at your company.
Here are Elon Musk's three rules for better meetings:
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	<li>No large meetings.</li>
	<li>If you're not adding value to a meeting, leave.</li>
	<li>No frequent meetings.</li>
</ol> 
Let's break down why Musk's advice is so extraordinary.
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Elon Musk has built Tesla into an incredibly valuable company. According to Musk, one way to run better meetings is to just leave if you're not adding value. Meetings should remain small, and happen infrequently. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

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