Foundations

• Book: The Surprising Science of Meetings (Kindle/Audible/Web/ + podcast, podcast2)
• Book: HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter (PDF below/Audible)

Meeting Preparation

• When do we need to meet?
  • Book: HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter, Chapter 1
  • Book: The Surprising Science of Meetings, Chapters 4 and 5
  • Do You Really Need to Hold That Meeting?
• Defining Meeting Goals & Agenda
  • Book: The Surprising Science of Meetings Chapter 5: Agendas are a hollow crutch
  • Book: HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter, Chapter 3, 4, 8
  • How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting
  • Don’t Set an Agenda Before Important Meetings
  • Plan a Better Meeting with Design Thinking
• How long the meeting should be?
  • Book: The Surprising Science of Meetings Chapter 4: Meet for forty-eight minutes
  • Book: HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter, Chapter 6, 7
  • Scheduling Time, Part 1: Speedy Meetings
  • The Magic of 30-Minute Meetings
• Who should be invited?
  • Book: The Surprising Science of Meetings Chapter 6: The Bigger, The Bladder
  • Book: HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter, Chapter 9
  • The Most Productive Meetings Have Fewer Than 8 People
  • Polite Ways to Decline a Meeting Invitation
• A Checklist for Planning Your Next Big Meeting

Meeting Execution

• Facilitating meetings
  • https://www.stevenrogelberg.com/the-good-meeting-facilitation-checklist
  • A Good Meeting Needs a Clear Decision-Making Process
• Getting back on track
  • Video: 🐙 Use a jellyfish to cut people off in business meetings
• Managing negative energy
  • Book: The Surprising Science of Meetings Chapter *: Deflate negative energy from the start
• Closing the meeting
  • Book: The Surprising Science of Meetings Chapter 4, 5, 6

After the meeting

• Two Things to Do After Every Meeting