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Hey Mark and Mike,
BLUF: Meetings Should End BEFORE the clock quarters
I loved this, and was doing most of the things in it already. I've since added the remaining ground rules for meeting, but I have one that I do that wasn't in yours, and I'd like to get your thoughts.
A large number og people seem to engage in back to back meetings (an overall BAD practice). However, in consideration for the possibility that someone may have a meeting scheduled immediately after mine, and I don't want people slipping away when I'm going over deliverables or managing the parking lot, I end my meetings BEFORE the quarter hour. So instead of a 30 minute meeting the AGENDA and the meeting end at 25 minutes. 60 Minute meetings are scheduled as 55 Minute meetings, and so forth.
The RESULT: Better attendance, because no one says "Oh I have a nother meeting already scheduled right after yours and I need to be ontime for that so I can't come to your meeting."
Thoughts?