The mark of a great meeting is not how short it is or whether it ends on time. The key is whether it ends with clarity and commitment from participants.”
Patrick Lencioni, Author of Five Behaviors® of a Cohesive Team
Team Tool
Meeting Checklist
It’s easy to get stuck in a rut with the way meetings are run. Be the seeker of clarity by using this simple meeting checklist at every meeting. It will help ensure you keep on track.
Meeting Checklist
Pre-meeting:
- Is the objective of the meeting clear?
- Have the right people been invited?
- Has any pre-reading been circulated ahead of the meeting?
Post-meeting:
- Did everyone get a chance to speak?
- Was everyone listening?
- Did everyone participate equally?
- Was there robust debate?
- Who was the clarity seeker?
- Did you gain commitment?
- Was it captured?
Discuss and review your cadence of meetings. Are you being the most productive with your time? Did you:
- Seek clarity of what was agreed?
- Write it down to get agreement?
- Refer back to the meeting checklist!
‘Death by Meeting’ by Patrick Lencioni
In this book Patrick explains different meeting types and their purpose.
You can find a summary of his Four Meeting Model here.
Get Amplified Podcast
Listen to the conversation ‘How to Fix Meeting Gridlock’ with Dr Carrie Goucher.
We focussed on how to make a meeting successful. Given that we spend so much of our precious time in meetings, this is an important topic to move a business forward at pace.
