The Meeting's Objective

An effective meeting serves a useful purpose.
For a meeting to meet this objective,
you have to be clear about what it is ?


Too often, people call a meeting to discuss something without really considering what a good outcome would be.  

}Do you want a decision?

}Do you want to generate ideas?

}Are you communicating something?

}Are you going to persuade – ideas and/or action?

}Are you getting status reports?

}Are you making plans?

}Are you going to  thank?

To help you determine what your meeting objective is, complete this sentence:

}At the close of the meeting, I want the group to ...

}With the end result clearly defined, you can then plan the contents of the meeting, and determine who needs to be present.