Meetings – I’ve heard more than one person say meetings are a huge waste of time. They hate them. They aren’t productive. A meeting gets in the way of their “real work.”
If that’s the case … you’re doing meetings wrong.
And that’s sad, because a productive meeting is pretty easy to do, and it can help move your organization forward.
And … to get the 4 steps, go read my article over at Emerald Group Publishing! Then come back, and fill in the blanks – tell me what I missed!
Image by Torsten Werner. OK – whose meeting actually look like this? That’d be pretty sweet 🙂
Step 5: Don’t wait for people who show up too late for the meeting 🙂
Yes – that’s an important one! Start and end on time. Period.
Given the photo you used, I would hope that the correct people are in the room, including those that bring a diverse perspective.