Shrink meetings
Limit the number of people in any meeting to eight or fewer, unless the meeting is informational.
Ensure that your meetings result in action items, a timeline for each action item, and one person who is responsible.
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Things you should keep in mind
...to ensure maximum satisfaction for everyone:
- If certain people are dominating the conversation, make a point of asking others for their ideas.
- At the end of each agenda item, quickly summarize what was said.
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No frequent meetings
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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