Preventing Meeting Problems

How to make your meetings more productive, efficient, and effective

For those who work in the business world, meetings can be a necessary and essential part of our jobs. However, they also can create many problems for employees if not planned and executed appropriately. But having productive meetings is something that a lot of organizations struggle to achieve.

And with many people working from home, having healthy, productive, and efficient meetings has become even more important. But the truth is we weren’t having the best meetings before WFH became a thing.

I have said it before but it bears repeating, only a handful of eople I have encountered on my professional path have acknowledged receiving specific training on how to conduct meetings. Most of us are thrown into it and learn by observing what others do. This can lead us into adopting bad habits and practices that aren’t the best.

But if you have been given the responsibility of leading meetings, there are some best practices that you need to know. You should also know that there are serious practitioners (also know as meeting facilitators) who understand and use these best practices. You may be surprised that there is a body of research that covers group decision-making, team dynamics, and meeting facilitation…