Running Effective Meetings

Scope

Covers

• Deciding whether a meeting is needed (vs async doc/message)
• Choosing the right meeting format (operational / strategic / decision / workshop)
• Preparing a pre-read and “priming” to avoid context-less discussions
• Facilitating discussion, capturing decisions, and ensuring follow-through
• Improving recurring meeting hygiene (split/kill/shorten meetings)

When to use

• “Create an agenda and facilitation plan for a decision meeting.”
• “We need a weekly operational cadence — design the meeting format and templates.”
• “This meeting keeps going in circles — redesign it so we decide and assign actions.”
• “Turn this messy invite into a clear meeting brief + pre-read + follow-up.”

When NOT to use

• The goal is purely status updates (use async updates instead).