How to End a Great Meeting by Barry Hodge

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How to End a Great Meeting

Published on Oct 03, 2016

Extracted from the book Meetings the Smart Way by Barry Hodge. A meeting without actions and decisions is not productive. Meetings should not be a chance for people to have a discussion and waste time. Having an action orientated meeting will increase the chance of it being a great meeting.

This deck contains tips on how you can end your great meeting to make sure you have a successful outcome.

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How to End a Great Meeting

Meetings the smart way

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Evaluate effectiveness

Capture what others found beneficial
Ask if anyone has any concerns
Were objectives met?
Were expectations met?
If not consider next steps to address
Ask for feedback on what went well/ could be improved

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Next Steps

Make next steps visible
Each action has only one owner
Have a central log of actions for all meetings about the same project
Send out actions as soon as meeting has finished

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Following Up

Before people leave agree how actions will be received
Agree who will arrange follow up
Set dates for completion
Chase up if necessary

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Coach Each other

Invite feedback
Reinforce behaviours that should continue
Challenge undesired behaviours - keep factual

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How to end a great meeting

Evaluate effectiveness
Agree next steps
Follow up
Coach each other

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Extracted from the book meetings the smart way

by barry hodge

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