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Most Meetings are Muda (Waste) from Got Boondoggle:
The post provides good tips on what to avoid. Given how many people know that many meetings are a waste of time, taking steps to improve meeting effectiveness is a good way to gain some credibility for management improvement activities. Doing so is very visible. Unfortunately, even with the simple and good ideas on how to do better - many meetings that are full of waste.
Here are some good tips from 37 folders; 9 tips for running more productive meetings:
This is an important step missed far too often. Doing so helps make sure that everyone leaving he meeting has the same understanding of what has been decided: in addition to reviewing new assignments I would suggest review all significant decisions made. Far too often, people have very different ideas on what happened in previous meetings.
The Team Handbook also has good information on running effective meetings.
Curious Cat Management Improvement Dictionary: Muda definition
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