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How to Make Meetings More Productive (and Keep Your Team Energized)

How to Make Meetings More Productive (and Keep Your Team Energized)

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Jun 19, 2015 By ScheduleBase

We’ve all had them: Unproductive meetings. They’re frustrating to everyone involved. These types of meetings leave people feeling drained, irritated, and overwhelmed. Instead of accomplishing a task, team members find themselves disappointed that they were forced to spend their precious time in a meeting that didn’t need to happen.

 
This is no way to lead your team and keep your employees energized.
 
Help avoid these all too common situations in your office, here are five tips for your next meeting.
 
#1. Don’t Sit Down
 
Are your employees getting too comfortable at your meetings? Are you?
 
Sitting down signals that you expect people to stay a while. Productive meetings should be succinct so that employees can get back to their desk and back to work. If you sit down during a meeting, you are more inclined to stay for longer.
 
Related Article: Don’t Waste Time in Meetings
 
Want proof? Just check out how Imagine Easy Solutions cut their meeting times by 25% just by standing instead of sitting.
 
#2. Agree on a Time
 
There are certain times of the day when people are most productive. Some team members find that they’re more productive in the morning, while others feel more productive after a few cups of coffee.
 
Conduct a survey of your team. Then, schedule your meetings around the times when you won’t steal away from your team’s ability to work effectively.
 
#3. Create an Agenda and Stick To It
 
You already know that multitasking doesn’t work in your daily routine. It won’t work in meetings either.
 
Once you’ve scheduled a meeting with your team, create an agenda. Start with the goal of the meeting. Then, assign roles to each person. What do you need from the people in attendance. What do they need from you?
 
Formulating a thorough agenda before the meeting will keep you on track so that you aren’t tempted to drift into other areas that you don’t need to discuss.
 
#4. Spark Conversation
 
You invited everyone to the meeting for a reason. Getting each of those people involved in your agenda is important.
 
Spark conversation by asking questions. Get people talking so that you can get to the meat of the subject. You’ll resolve issues much faster this way, and make your meetings more productive overall.
 
#5. Set a Timer
 
If you have a hard time sticking to the allotted time for your meetings, set a timer. Knowing that you only have a half hour to discuss matters will help you stay on task and on point.
 
How Do You Stay Productive?
 
You have a lot going on. Staying on task and making meetings more productive is often easier said than done. With these tips, you’ll help your team feel reenergized by helping them get back to work faster. In turn, you’ll help keep your projects moving forward.
 
What other productivity tips for meetings do you have to share?
 
This article was originally published by ScheduleBase

Filed Under: Communication Tagged With: Meetings, Productivity, ScheduleBase

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ScheduleBase is online employee scheduling software from Atlas Business Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of business software solutions for over 20 years. ScheduleBase is used by all types of small businesses to schedule and communicate with full-time and part-time employees.

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