I once worked for a director that required from all his managers and other people to use a standard word doc for meetings. Before the start of the meeting, the

I once worked for a director that required from all his managers and other people to use a standard word doc for meetings. Before the start of the meeting, the agenda part needed to be filled in. At the end, a table with actions, including who ... does what ... withvdeadline .... needed to be filled in. If you were new or he suspected something, or just randomly, he'd enter your meeting and ask the doc. Or mail someone after the meeting and ask for the actions/decisions. Or at a deadline, he'd ask how an action worked out. As long as you could answer something reasonable, all was well. It worked well, and I learned a lot from him.