As you narrow a meeting’s focus, it becomes much easier to concentrate on what you want as an outcome. On all of our meeting agendas, after listing the topic, we include bullet points detailing the desired results of the session. At any point, any participant can refer to those bullet points and see if we are still on track. Will this conversation lead us toward one of those outcomes? If not, we can correct our course immediately.
Too Many Office Meetings, and How to Fight Back – NYTimes.com
Let’s just say “No” to unnecessary or poorly organized meetings.
Barbara K Iverson 