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The 11 Golden Rules of Meetings

Thoughts on Succeeding at Work

1. If you can avoid it, do.
2. If you don’t need to be there, don’t be there.
3. Don’t be late. Keep the small talk to 2 minutes. Send follow-up notes.
4. Be present.
5. If you’re not moving forward, end it. Better to try again later than spin your wheels.
6. Make follow-ups and action items clear, concise and deliberate. A meeting with no outcome is just a bad coffee date.
7. If it is meant to be a conversation, give everyone the chance to form an opinion on the topic first. Very few great ideas happen on the spot.
8. If it is meant to be informative, make sure everyone has access to the information, before and after.
9. If it is meant to be decisive, give everyone the tools to make a decision, and empower them to do so.
10. Don’t lecture. Don’t preach. Don’t present. And for the love of all that is good in the world, don’t use PowerPoint. You’re better than that.
11. A meeting is not an accomplishment. Going to meetings all day doesn’t count as “getting something done”. Cut the small talk and do the real work that matters.

A bit about me…
I’m Brendan (hey!) and I’m the OEM Hardware Lead at Mosaic Manufacturing where we are building awesome 3D Printing Tech.

In my spare time, you can find me kicking a soccer ball, drinking Americanos, adding to my cookbook collection, and repping Venture for Canada.

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