HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter (HBR Guide Series)

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 each meeting ready to take action.

With input from over 20 experts combined with useful checklists, sample agendas, and follow-up memos, the HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter will teach you how to:

• Set and communicate your meeting-s purpose
• Invite the right people
• Prepare an achievable agenda
• Moderate a lively conversation
• Regain control of a wayward meeting
• Ensure follow-through without babysitting or haranguing

Arm yourself with the