Some people walk out of meetings with more questions than answer or even wonder why they attended the meeting in the first place.

Most meetings have vague goals, and many usually lack an agenda. These things are important however, they are fundamental.

Understanding how to run effective meetings is one of the most crucial skills employees at all levels need to learn to thrive at work – but it isn’t merely a matter of doing the obvious things like sharing an agenda and starting meetings on time. Unfortunately, the reverse seems to be the case. But if meetings consume so much of your time, you should be extracting huge benefits from them, shouldn’t you? Meetings are very important to the growth and well-being of any business. They can also make you feel like your schedule is overflowing with meetings. These meetings can be very annoying and disruptive to your daily routine.

And even meetings about how to run meetings.

The chances are that on any given day, your schedule is chock-full of them.

Another word for running a meeting