This may sound like woo-woo, touchy-feely stuff, but the truth is you will never reach mastery without using all five of your senses.

The elements of a meeting brief include the meeting context, problem statement, meeting type, desired outcome, agenda, required participants, and roles.

I’m intentionally saying first draft, because I will produce a more refined second draft directly after the meeting and send it to the group.

All the Rest

Telling people to their faces the meeting ends at 4:30 p.m. and knowing all along that you secretly plan to adjourn the meeting at 4:20 p.m. (or earlier) is a good strategy.

My guiding principle for planning a meeting is: “Do only what we can do together.”

The Meeting Preview Email with Brief Video

If you estimate a topic might take 45 minutes to address, give yourself 60 minutes in the agenda.

What Ten Minutes Is Worth