The incident taught me that the best way to evaluate the effectiveness of meetings is to get honest feedback from the people who attend them. Ask if the meetings are held too often or not often enough. Ask if they drag on too long or are too rushed. Also ask if the right people are included. Once you’ve identified the problems, invite key people to think up ways to make the meetings more useful, more productive, and more enjoyable, so that everyone who attends receives good value for the time spent. In my experience, the better prepared the leader is, the more efficient and effective the
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