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Modern Mentor

How to have meetings that shouldn’t have been emails

Sep 26, 2023
08:43
Snipd AI
Learn how to have effective meetings that serve a purpose and make the most of everyone's time. Discover the importance of communicating objectives, roles, and norms, managing different personalities, and capturing key next steps, owners, and timelines. Avoid inviting the wrong people to meetings and practice 'generous exclusion' for better outcomes.
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Quick takeaways

  • Unproductive meetings can be avoided by communicating through email for disseminating information or providing updates.
  • Running a productive meeting involves solid preparation, managing personalities, capturing key next steps, and inviting only relevant participants.

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The Problem with Meetings

Meetings have become a pain point in people's working experience, but the issue is not having meetings, but rather having unproductive ones. Well-designed and well-run meetings should serve a purpose and further the work. It is important to be discerning in the what, when, why, how, and who of meetings. If the purpose of a meeting is to disseminate information or provide an update, it would be more efficient to communicate through email.

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