How to Have Fewer, Better Meetings

Learn how to significantly reduce the number of meetings you host or attend and improve the quality of the ones you do.

Introduction

• How to have fewer better meetings
• Why meetings must change

1. Cutting Down the Number of Meetings You Attend

• Saying no to more meetings
• Health-check the content of your meetings
• Topics that don’t need a meeting
• People who don’t need to be there
• Overcoming objections to fewer meetings

2. Planning a Great Meeting

• Planning great meetings
• Making every meeting relevant
• Engage everyone
• Participation when we aren’t face-to-face
• Banish boring presentations in meetings

3. Running a Great Meeting

• Meeting facilitation
• Keep on improving your meetings

Conclusion

• Next steps in improving your meetings