77. Conclude Meetings by Energizing Your Team

You can do a great job of planning, leading, controlling, and encouraging group discussion during your meetings, but do you know how to end them? If you allow a meeting to just fizzle out, you will lose your impact. If you take a hard line approach, everything positive that occurred during the meeting will be overshadowed by the way in which you ended the meeting. Follow the tips below, and you will end your meetings in a way that leaves your team feeling positively charged.

Performance Prompts

  • When you plan your meeting, always plan how to end it. Include an end time in the agenda you distribute at the beginning of your meeting. Be sure everyone knows how much time to plan for the concluding discussion. ...

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