Truth 13Drive a Tight Agenda; Don't Let It Drive You
A colleague of mine was responsible for running a biweekly two-hour team meeting. He took great care to develop a very full, detailed agenda. As we got into the meeting, we would get through only the first agenda item before the meeting was behind schedule. During the entire time my colleague ran these meetings, we never got more than halfway through the agenda before adjourning. The team got so used to not making it through the agenda that there wasn't even an attempt to stay on schedule. The agenda and its associated times were completely unrealistic and were worthless as a meeting management tool.
An effective agenda goes beyond start time, location, topics, and duration. An effective agenda ...
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