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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
I most project not only meeting are numerous, but in many case the extend beyond the schedule time.

What is your best way of avoiding extension of time?
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Aug 13, 2018 3:55 AM
Replying to Kevin Drake
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1. Set the Agenda. Meetings need a reason. ...
2. Know Who is Where. Monitor who is in attendance. ...
3. Timing is Everything. Start the meeting on time. ...
4. Know the Agenda. Have each agenda item assigned to a meeting member who is able to speak to the issue
5. Review the Previous Meeting's Minutes. This is a serious risk management issue
Thanks Kevin,

Very good
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Aug 13, 2018 5:06 AM
Replying to anonymous
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Have a variety in questions closed/open ended. Park questions that require additional inputs to support answer, invite specific audience, send out the agenda prior to meeting.
Interesting
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Aug 13, 2018 5:38 AM
Replying to Sonali Malu
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You have already received good suggestions. Few from my end-
1. Try to limit audience. Choose a representative from every stream to join the meeting at initial stage. When you have some good action points to discuss, then you can invite entire audience.
Calling the entire group at once will lead you nowhere.
2. Prepare agenda. Ensure that your audience come prepared. Start/stop meeting on time.
3. Timeboxing for every speaker may also help you.
Sonali,

Love timeboxing for the subject not just the speaker
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RAJESH K L Project Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, India Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Well defined and clear agenda along with some rules should do the job.
"Effective Executive" by Peter Ducker is one of pioneers on this topic
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Rajesh, thanks for your input
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Aug 13, 2018 8:28 AM
Replying to Nian Rasheed
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Meeting Agenda + Ground rules.
Nian,

What are the basic ground rules you have?
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Gonzalo Jimenez Yamasaki Co-founder - Body Language Trainer/Coach| Ready To Jump .Pro Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
I would add a "time keeper", someone who can alert a few minutes before the agenda item runs out of time (for every single item).
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Tobias Johansson Project Manager| MBWA i Göteborg AB Sweden
Aug 12, 2018 10:06 PM
Replying to Riyadh Salih
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Vincent, I side with my colleagues to set a ground rules, time and sending advanced agenda, here are more few points I found quite effective
1. Language is so important evaluate body language, tone, words chosen, volume and intensity, and inflection.
2. Project a good sense of humor.
3. Focus at macro and micro levels of detail in real time.
4. Maintain poise in front of a group regardless of high management level if present at the meeting.
5. Take control of a group without being obtrusive, abrasive or autocratic.
6. Stay on course while allowing freedom in dialogue.
7. Maintain Group dynamics, allow participation but filter audience
8. Resist imposing personal views and opinions during the process.
9. Improvise with confidence when under pressure and defuse conflict as temper might flare and high verbal jousting may occurs which is different from constructive discussion
10. Have refreshment coffee would be the choice of most of us.
Great set of rules. Would fit my current team
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Anton Oosthuizen Senior Business Analyst / Project Manager| Self Employed Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Agenda
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James Lovell Project Manager| Mercy Technology Services Ballwin, Mo, United States
I always send agendas, and have a column for time allotted for each agenda item. If I see we are going beyond that time during a meeting, I'll wrap it up and move to the next item. If the discussion that is running long is important, I'll cut less critical items from the agenda or move them to a future meeting. Eric makes a great point- you don't want to have meetings run long because people often have other meetings/commitments to get to.
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