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Meetings can prove counterproductive if not appropriately organized to lead to some meaningful outcome. Since executives spend almost 30% of their weekly time on meetings, the cost of poorly organized meetings can hit companies hard. According to a survey, the US lost $399 billion annually due to wasteful meetings in 2019, and the UK lost about $58 billion. But only organizing a meeting well to ensure good participation does not ensure that it will turn into a productive meeting. There are leadership techniques that can help to ensure productive meetings. This article should help you understand how to make meetings more productive.
Active Participation Ensures a Productive Meeting
The convener or the person conducting the meeting is mainly responsible for its success. The level of participation in terms of active interactions of the participants is critical for receiving feedback, suggestions, and comments to enrich the proceedings. Ask each member of the meeting to share their viewpoint by randomly calling names. It will ensure that everyone contributes to the meeting by staying involved. Alert and active participation can turn work meetings productive.
Proper Selection of the Members
For meetings to be productive, the selection of participants is critical so that they can use the opportunity to speak out their minds with a positive intention. The agenda of the meeting influences the members’ choice because the topics for discussion must be relevant and important to the participants so that they take an active interest in it. Consider the members’ specific roles when inviting them to the meeting and include the key decision makers in the list.
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