The daily task of explaining, updating, advising, and consulting within an organization occurs verbally, through memoranda, and in the business meeting. Meetings you lead or attend can serve either a valuable purpose in your career and in the priorities you face each day, or they can become a time-consuming waste of effort. Effectiveness of meetings in every organization depends on the attitudes and actions of participants. You can make a difference by setting a positive tone for meetings and defining what they must achieve. Many theories postulate how best to prepare and control meetings in our department or any corporation.
Every meeting therefore involves an element of suspense.
Every attendee in every meeting has an agenda, which is not necessarily the same agenda you have before you. Anyone who attends meetings knows they can be tedious and unstimulating if they are not well led and well planned. You can make the meetings you attend worth your time and effort by ensuring that they are work sessions, and not just sessions just to attend. A worthwhile meeting, far from being tedious, can help you to achieve your objectives in the department. A meeting is worthwhile only when it enables your organization to achieve positive, tangible results.