Make every minute count.
Your calendar is full, and yet your meetings don't always seem to advance your work.
Problems often arise with unrealistic or vague agendas, off-track conversations, tuned-out participants who don't know why they're there, and follow-up notes that no one reads--or acts on.
Meetings can feel like a waste of time.
But when you invest a little energy in preparing yourself and your participants, you'll stay focused, solve problems, gain consensus, and leave e.