How To Plan A Successful Meeting

You have the most leverage on a meeting's success before a single person walks into the room. The authors urge that every time you plan a meeting, you control as many factors as you can. The more you manage the conditions under which people meet, the less you will need to manage their meeting behavior. Fortunately, it is much easier to structure a meeting for success in advance than to worry about the motives and habits of people once they arrive. This paper suggests what you could seek to control before the meeting.