The Meeting Marrows – for Chairing and Attending Meetings

Mention an exciting objective for the meeting at the start

Actions – recorded as you go along and summarised at the end

Reduce the number of attendees whenever possible = shorter and more decisions

Red Herring game to keep people on track – anyone can wave the herring around if needed

On time! – stick and carrot for latecomers

What type of meeting is it?  Communication, Problem Solve, Team or Progress? And adapt accordingly

Must you go??  Consider not going!

Agenda – if there isn’t one, ask for one to made there and then

Responsible – can’t just blame the leader, you can point out problems and suggest improvements

Repeat yourself in order to be heard, if necessary

Objective – what’s yours?  What do you want to get from the meeting?

Whiteboard – Suggest a visual aid – makes it clearer, and you can take control if you want

onwards and upwards!

CC

See also – my book of Management Vegetables – paper or kindle

See also – my Meetings course on Lynda.com and Linkedin Learning