Last week I shared the reasons why you should be having regular staff meetings. However, your staff meetings won’t be successful if you don’t have a great agenda. Without an agenda meetings will get off track, run too long, and won’t accomplish anything – which is why so many people complain about meetings! However, rather than writing about it, I thought I’d share this short (2 minutes and 38 seconds- come on- you have the time) video with some tips on creating a great agenda that will keep your meetings on track. Enjoy!
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