Read This Before Our Next Meeting
Preparation starts with the meeting leader. He or she must create an agenda and a set of background materials.
Al Pittampalli • Read This Before Our Next Meeting: How We Can Get More Done
That said, imposing this process on a group can be daunting. Here are the steps to ease a group into it: Reserve the first fifteen minutes of the meeting for all participants to write out their updates and issues. Then use another ten minutes of the meeting for all participants to read one another’s updates and issues. Then discuss and decide. Use
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A meeting has succeeded when it ends with a commitment to advance to the next step. But you have to force this resolution or the meetings drift along in la-la-land while performing their ancient duty: wasting everyone’s time.
Rob Fitzpatrick • The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
SO ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT WHEN I HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE, THE FIRST STEP IS TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY FOR ADVICE? Actually, the very first step is deciding how to decide. Ask yourself: Can I make this decision myself? Is this a decision of high, low, or no consequence? If a group is necessary, how and when should I involve them? Does the
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