The Top Three Approaches For Successful Meeting Planning

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When considering successful or effective executive meeting planning, what it really comes down to is planning, but planning loose. If you've thought to allot exactly X number of minutes to this subject, and X amount of minutes to that subject, you're not actually going to get anywhere with the discussion, since you may be just seconds away from a breakthrough only to have to stop discussing it because you're out of time. Breakthroughs aren't made on a restrictive time frame.

So plan your meetings around just one or two goals or subjects, know what points you're hoping to make during the meeting, and just leave it at that. Don't write an itinerary, don't try to solve every single problem the company has all at the same time, just keep a clear head on what you need to get done and let the meeting develop at its own pace. Here are a few things to keep in mind when you plan your next meeting.

Never Bite Off More Than You Can Chew

Are you really going to solve every single problem your company has in a single meeting? Of course not. Keep a meeting focused on ONE subject, not several. MAYBE two subjects, but only move on to the second after you've resolved the first. You need to make major decisions at these meetings, and the fewer the better, since you want the best decisions, not rush jobs. Know what you're going to do and say at the meeting, and do it, don't go nuts with it or you'll be in the conference room for the rest of the week.

One Target At A Time

In case you can't tell, we're kind of working with a theme here: focus, focus, focus. Keep your meeting focused on a single thing. Be it the budget or a new product design or your new catalog, keep it focused on one subject and try not to stray too far from it. Make sure everyone knows what the meeting is about going in so that they can bring their own ideas to the table.

Meet Around Noon

Or whenever the mid-day is for your organization. You don't want to do it in the morning or else you have a lot of grumpy people who really don't want to be here. After lunch, everyone gets slow and sluggish having just had big meals. Around the mid-day is when your people have had their coffee, they've woken up, and they're ready to actually provide their own thoughts while at the same time listening during the meeting, as opposed to just zoning out looking forward to their first cup of joe.

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