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Always Use A Meeting Planner
| If you are asking people for their time – give them a well planned meeting! When you are taking time from busy people and requesting they attend a meeting that you are hosting, what do you owe them?
A meeting planner that contains the following:- Beginning and ending times
- Clearly stated objectives
- An agenda for getting to the objectives
- A listing of deliverables resulting from the meeting
- Clear record keeping and summary of decisions
- Next steps
A well thought-out meeting planner, with clearly stated meeting goals, where the beginning and ending times are respected, provides a powerful leadership statement. A leader who develops and adheres to a meeting planner cannot help but have effective meetings.
Caution! Learn to speak sparingly and briefly when you lead a meeting. Avoid the temptation to wax eloquent – a recipe for a bad meeting and a trait often associated with weak managers. The disciplined use of a meeting planner will develop the enviable trait of getting to and sticking with the meeting objectives.
The discipline of using a meeting planner will transform your meetings, develop your reputation as an effective leader and will be welcomed overwhelmingly by your attendees. |
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