Start on time, like an airplane's departure.
Cater to the people who are on time. Do not reward tardiness.Set up
ground rules for behavior, such as:
Respect all
Finish tasks for the meeting
Show up on time
Be calm, clean and composed
Avoid:
Interrupting
attacking other people's ideas
not being ready, unorganized
off topic
If someone leads the group off course, assert:
That is off topic.
Not now.
Let's get back on topic.
We are discussing ____ at this point.
Leader, Timekeeper, Recorder, Team
Timekeeper manages the agenda -
Planned topics with time budgets
For example:
review the past 15 min
discuss budget 30 min
revise schedule 10 min
wrap up
5 min
Leader conducts the meeting
Recorder takes notes
Wrap up
recorder reads back the notes of the meeting
group hears what has been decided upon
Confirm who has been assigned what responsibilities, tasks
Closing
Team decides on agenda for the next meeting
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