Make Every minute count.
Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges..
With input from over 20 experts combined with useful checklists, sample agendas, and follow-up memos, the HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter will teach you how to: Set and communicate your meeting\'s purpose Invite the right people Prepare an achievable agenda Moderate a lively conversation Regain control of a wayward Meeting Ensure follow-through without babysitting or haranguing Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, from a source you trust.
But when you invest a little energy in preparing yourself and your participants, you\'ll stay focused, solve problems, gain consensus, and leave each Meeting ready to take action.
Meetings can feel like a waste of time.
Problems often arise with unrealistic or vague agendas, off-track conversations, tuned-out participants who don\'t know why they\'re there, and follow-up notes that no one reads--or acts on.
Your calendar is full, and yet your meetings don\'t always seem to advance your work.
Make Every minute count
