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Chapter 13

Eff ective Project

Meetings

Adapted from Harvard Business Essentials: Managing Projects Large

and Small (product #6198BC), Harvard Business Review Press, 2004,

and Harvard ManageMentor, an online product of Harvard Business

Publishing

Run your meetings well, and you’ll infuse your project

with energy, momentum, and direction. How do you

make them productive? Follow these simple guidelines.

Setting the Stage for the Meeting

• Make sure a meeting is even necessary. If you can

accomplish your goal effi ciently without calling

one (via e-mail, for example), do so—and avoid

eating up everyone’s time.

• Clarify the meeting’s objective. If ...