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A written agenda, a hard stop and clear owners — how to make every meeting work.
Productive meetings share three traits: a written agenda sent in advance, a hard stop time, and one person responsible for every decision taken.
Keep the group small, ban status updates that could have been an email, and close by reading the action list aloud so nothing drifts.
Whether it is a study group or a staff stand-up, these rules turn meetings from time sinks into the most useful half-hour of the week.