10 Steps to Successful Meetings

STEP ONE

Form the Team—Decide If the Meeting Is Necessary

Decide if a meeting is necessary Define meeting goals and desired outcomes Types of meetings

At all organizational levels, more and more business professionals are spending time in meetings. Meet some of the typical meeting-goers: There are the group leaders who call all subordinates into one room—without a clear purpose or agenda defined—and play the meeting master. They are similar to some project managers who relish the temporary chance to chair meetings of their peers. As for the bosses who detest department meetings—they perceive meetings as a waste of time and would rather write their workers a memo because they do not need staff input on decisions. And then there are the workers ...