Small-Medium Business Meetings: 7 Ways To Make Them Effective, Purposeful and Brief

Meetings are an inevitable part of business. We need them whether formal or informal. But so often the meetings control us. This shouldn't be the case. It's easier than you think to regain control.

All businesses have meetings. They're just a form of face to face communication. They may be formal, semi-formal or informal. But if two or more people get together to "discuss" or "talk about" something, it's a meeting. That includes videoconferencing and teleconferencing. But meetings aren't always a rewarding experience.

The Constant Complaints

People complain constantly that lots of the meetings they attend are inadequate in some way. No conclusions are reached. No decisions are made. Disagreements aren't resolved. Other people waffle on. Note that it's always others who waffle. The meetings drag on. They don't get a good hearing and so on and so on.

These ideas may help alleviate the worst meeting excesses

1. Be Punctual.

Start on time regardless of how many of the expected people are present. If that means latecomers miss out on something they wanted to say, so be it. They'll learn to be punctual with time.

2. Finish On Time.

Decide your finish time before you start and stick to it. If you have unfinished business when the allotted time expires, schedule another meeting. It's quite unreasonable to expect busy people to sit in seemingly endless meetings when they've already interrupted normal work to attend.

3. Restrict Participation.


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