Whether you\u2019re hosting a staff meeting or are kicking off a new project with the team working on it, a team meeting can be a great use of your time. However, if your meetings aren\u2019t achieving what you want, it\u2019s time to rethink how you run your team meetings. Here are four simple steps that will help you get more out of your meetings.<\/p>\n
1. Start with A Goal<\/strong> 2. Make Sure Everyone Has Been Introduced 3. Assign Roles Leading the meeting isn\u2019t the only job, though. If someone isn\u2019t able to make it to the meeting, make sure someone is taking notes for them. If you\u2019ve got a lot to cover, have one person keep track of time and remind everyone when the end time has almost arrived.<\/p>\n 4. End When You\u2019ve Said You\u2019ll End How do you make the most of your team meetings? Do you have any tips you\u2019d like to share? We\u2019d love to see you join the conversation in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Whether you\u2019re hosting a staff meeting or are kicking off a new project with the team working on it, a team meeting can be a great use of your time. However, if your meetings aren\u2019t achieving what you want, it\u2019s time to rethink how you run your team meetings. Here are four simple steps that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marketing","category-misc","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.navitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12533,"href":"https:\/\/www.navitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12532\/revisions\/12533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEvery meeting has to have a purpose, whether you\u2019re starting up a project or just keeping everyone updated on the projects that your department is working on, and keeping that goal in mind is essential. Staying focused on your goal will help ensure that you get the most out of your meeting. If you don\u2019t have a goal, though, the time you would otherwise have used for a meeting might be better spent on other tasks.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The best start to your meeting is ensuring that everyone in the team has been introduced. This is especially important if you\u2019re bringing together a team of employees who don\u2019t work together often or if a new employee is joining you. Introducing everyone isn\u2019t just a get-to-know-you, though\u2014it ensures that everyone knows who to call when they need to follow up on important information.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>While a meeting works best when everyone participates, consider assigning roles to keep everything moving smoothly. One person should be leading the conversation, for example, to ensure that you stick to the topics that need to be covered. This also ensures that there\u2019s one person who can wrangle distracted meeting attendees if you start having multiple conversations<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Your day is busy, and so are the days of your meeting attendees! That\u2019s why it\u2019s so important to do your best to end meetings when you\u2019ve said you\u2019ll end them. It\u2019s possible that your meetings might run long, but if you\u2019re constantly running over end times you\u2019re probably trying to cram too much into your meetings.<\/p>\n