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Effective Meeting Checklist:13 Things You MUST Do Before, During or After so You’re Not Wasting Time
Studies show that Managers attend more than 60 meetings per month and an estimated 37% of employee time is spent in meetings.
BEFORE THE MEETING:
Make sure you (or anyone else) really need(s) to physically attend the meeting.
Prepare and/or Review the Agenda.
Prepare data and/or facts that support items on the Agenda.
Distribute any information that will require review by other meeting participants.
DURING THE MEETING:
Start ON TIME!
State the Intentions and Objectives of the meeting at the start.
Address most important issues first.
Publicly ask the Question: “What did we decide today?”
Set the date and time of the next meeting.
End on time.
AFTER THE MEETING:
Send a Recap Report.
Delegate someone to track action items and accountabilities.
Evaluate the Meeting Effectiveness.
This creates a private checklist in your account.