How to run a meeting

How to Hold a Meeting to Set OKRs for the Quarter

In his book Death by Meeting (Jossey-Bass, 2004), Patrick Lencioni makes a critical point about meetings: if people approach them with a bad attitude, no amount of procedural tweaking will actually solve your problems. I’ve seen this happen at organizations that adopt rules like “no meetings unless a decision is being made” or “no meeting unless th

HOW DO I INITIATE A MEETING? Have you first determined that your meeting is necessary? OK, make a list of the people you want to invite. Then cross off everyone except those members who are absolutely critical to the meeting’s purpose. It’s not about sparing feelings; it’s about moving forward. Create a detailed agenda and then ask yourself one mor

It requires additional investment in design, planning, and preparing for the meeting. It also requires a bit of investment in the tools and resources and more courage to challenge participants to engage fully.

1. Clarify the theme of the meeting: for example, project management learnings, business development experimentation, or operations optimization. This theme can be shared prior to the meeting. 2. At the beginning of the meeting, invite those who have a topic they would like to discuss to write their name, topic, time required, and number of people req

If we took a few minutes before the meeting to really think about it, we could drastically shorten it. So here’s the one thing you should think about as you transition leisurely (gasp) to your next commitment: How can I make this shorter, faster, and more productive? Even five or ten minutes of that kind of planning can shave thirty minutes off a t