Meetings (scheduled business events). Examples of Meetings principles....

* We all ensure that our meetings are well managed and effective by contributing to the meeting process as well as content.

- We make observations about the process (eg, miscommunications, lack of closure, deviations from the agenda) whenever we have concerns about how things are going.

- We summarize where we are and what we have yet to do.

- We suggest discussion methods (eg, the sequence of topics or group processes).

- We call for a decision as soon as further discussion seems unproductive.

- When a topic is not yet resolved and a new topic is raised, we consciously "park" one issue until the other is brought to closure or postponed (rather than talking about two issues at once, or letting one go unresolved).

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