#59: How to Have Great Meetings

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 4 a.m.

Tim and Urban lay out guiding principles on how to make meetings more productive for solving problems and more effective at building culture. 

0:00 Intro

9:10 #1 Only hold a meeting if it's necessary

10:13 #2 Establish and follow meeting success criteria

11:33 #3 Have clear objectives

11:48 #4 Have an agenda

13:09 #5 Provide all necessary info prior to meeting

13:42 #6 Meeting participants: Arrive on time, be prepared, be concise, don't ramble

23:23 #7 Follow the agenda

25:36 #8 Notes are taken, archived, and kept

26:17 #9 Decisions and assigned actions are appointed to people

26:38 #10 Review meeting effectiveness periodically

28:24 Closing