HBR 20-Minute Manager Boxed Set (10 Books) (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)

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Preparing for Your Meeting

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our meeting is far more likely to be a success

if you think through its purpose, how to craft

an effective agenda, whom to invite, how to

word the invitation so that people actually attend,

how to ensure your attendees are well prepared, and

how you’ll lead and delegate within the meeting when

it happens.

Not every gathering will require elaborate prepara-

tion, of course. In some cases your initial prep work

may in fact lead you to conclude that you don’t need a

meeting after all. But remember to think of running

a meeting as a discipline: If you take the time ...