Productive Team Meetings Require An Agenda

by Denise O'Berry

Most people hate meetings. But it’s not really the meeting they hate, it’s the unproductive use of their time (see I Hate Meetings!). A critical key to your team’s success is creating and using an agenda for your team meeting. To help you out, I’ve included an agenda template below. Use it to guide your meetings and you’ll hear less grumbling.


Meeting Agenda

Meeting Type:

Meeting Objective:

Start Time:
End Time:
Location:

Agenda Items:

  1. Agenda topic #1
  2. Agenda topic #2
  3. Agenda topic #3

Meeting Outcome (List Decisions and Commitments)






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More info on this topic at:

  1. I Hate Meetings
  2. How To Fix Disorganized Team Meetings
  3. What’s Your Type? Common Team Meetings
  4. Team Members Make Promise, But No Action
  5. 30 Minute Meetings Need Structure for Success

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