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Faye Zheng's avatar

One thing that’s missing here is that the precursor to all of this is to clearly state the agenda and expected outcomes of the meeting ahead of time. Makes it much easier to blame the agenda when getting things back on track.

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Rohan Dehal's avatar

Great tips, Wes. #3 is particularly powerful – it subtly incentivizes everyone to stay on track. Like a teacher's class-wide consequence, it creates peer pressure for staying focused on solving the problem at hand. Have you found this technique works better in certain types of meetings?

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