Meetings are a huge opportunity to either value-add or value-subtract and a little planning can go a long way. Some pointers: * Have an agenda and circulate it

Meetings are a huge opportunity to either value-add or value-subtract and a little planning can go a long way. Some pointers: * Have an agenda and circulate it along with the invite. Let people know what you want to discuss so they can prepare. * Know what outcome you want from a meeting and let people know in the invite. Again, it lets them come prepared and even better, make pre-meeting suggestions. * Think about who needs to be involved. Do you really need everyone, or just one or two people. Again, agenda lets folks know if they can contribute or if someone else needs to be pulled in. It's not that meetings are bad, but bad meetings waste lots of people's time. Good meetings save time. Oh, and write down meeting minutes and publish results. The person you're recording this for is usually yourself. :>