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• 04 Nov 09
  

  Wesley Verbeek

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  • How to Run a Meeting Like Google
  • Mayer requests a meeting agenda ahead of time that outlines what the participants want to discuss and the best way of using the allotted time.
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  • • another projector shows the transcription of the meeting.
    • so inaccuracies and inconsistencies can be caught immediately.
    • 3. Carve out micro-meetings.
    • 6. Stick to the clock.
      To add a little pressure to keep meetings focused, Google gatherings often feature a giant timer on the wall, counting down the minutes left for a particular meeting or topic. It's literally a downloadable timer that runs off a computer and is projected 4 feet tall.
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  Jamie Baker

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  • Meetings get a bad rap in business today and for good reason—very little gets accomplished in them. I can recall a Dilbert cartoon in which several people sat around a table while the meeting organizer said, "There is no specific agenda for this meeting. As usual, we'll just make unrelated emotional statements about things which bother us…"
  • The majority of meetings are unstructured, uninspiring, and unproductive
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  • • much of the work takes place in meetings, and her goal is to make sure teams have a firm mandate, strategic direction, and actionable information, while making participants feel motivated and respected
    • six keys to running successful meetings follow:
      
      1. Set a firm agenda.
      Mayer requests a meeting agenda ahead of time that outlines what the participants want to discuss and the best way of using the allotted time.
    • 2. Assign a note-taker.
    • 3. Carve out micro-meetings.
      Mayer sets aside large blocks of time that she slices into smaller, self-contained gatherings on a particular subject or project.
    • discipline that keeps the meeting tightly focused.
    • By setting aside micro-meetings within a larger block of time, she accomplishes more.
    • 4. Hold office hours.
    • Employees add their name to a board outside her office, and she sees them on a first-come, first-serve basis.
    • 5. Discourage politics, use data.
      One of Mayer's "Nine Notions of Innovation" is "Don't politic, use data"
    • This idea can and should apply to meetings in organizations in which people feel as though the boss will give the green light to a design created by the person he or she likes the best, showing favoritism for the individual instead of the idea.
      
      Mayer believes this mindset can demoralize employees, so she goes out of her way to make the approval process a science. Google chooses designs on a clearly defined set of metrics and how well they perform against those metrics. Designs are chosen based on merit and evidence, not personal relationships.
    • 6. Stick to the clock.
    • timer exerts a subtle pressure to keep meetings running on schedule.
• 13 Apr 09
  

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  • No one wastes time searching for a purpose at Marissa Mayer's meetings—even five-minute gatherings must have a clear agenda
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  In a shop like Google (GOOG), much of the work takes place in meetings, and her goal is to make sure teams have a firm mandate, strategic direction, and actionable information, while making participants feel motivated and respected. Mayer's six keys to running successful meetings follow:

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