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Unlock the Power of Productive Meetings with This One Simple Tip!
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Meetings are the undead zombies of business. Meeting rooms contain the ghosts of unfulfilled ambitions. They are like an everlasting gridlock that keeps you from going anywhere.
Meetings are often dreadful, dreary, dull, draining, dismal, depressing, and downright disappointing.
Over many years, I have read numerous articles, white papers, and opinion pieces on how to super-charge meetings. Most recommend having an agenda.
I think agendas are great — but not for the reasons most people think. There will be a follow-up article tentatively titled: The Art of Meetings: Agendas.
Another meeting tip is having a clear outcome. It’s also a good one — unless the meeting is open-ended or not your meeting. People who set up meetings get grumpy when you ask them for an agenda.
Other tips include ice-breakers, offering food and beverages. Then you get the more extreme types of meetings.
Senior management who cut their teeth in a military environment, or went to military school, or maybe just watched Rambo First Blood too many times create standing meetings. The idea being that standing is uncomfortable and this will…
