Running Efficient and Effective Meetings

The Seven Step Meeting is an established process that has been shown to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of meetings. The process encourages shared responsibility for meeting success by structuring roles and responsibilities for meeting participants and utilizing a structured (timed) agenda to keep meetings focused and productive.

Video

The following 8-minute video describes and demonstrates the 7-Step Meeting Process.

Tools

• 7-Step Meeting Process 
• Team Meeting Roles 
• Effective Discussion Skills 
• Sample Meeting Agenda 

Helpful Links 

• Leadership Lesson: Tools for Effective Team Meetings - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love my Team from the Association of American Medical Colleges

References

Scholtes, P., Joiner, B., & Streibel, B. The Team Handbook. 3rd rev. ed. Madison, Wisconsin: GOAL/QPC; 2018.