Is this meeting really necessary?

摘要

As we enter 2019, many of us will be making New Year's resolutions, in an attempt to lead better lives in at least some small way. Most - if not all - of us will also regularly be required to attend meetings as part of our working lives. While these can be extremely useful, we will likely all have experienced occasions when meetings veer off topic, fail to stick to the agreed timescale, or do not result in clear outcomes. These frustrations are addressed in our latest Business Practice Note, which sets out key principles for maximising the effectiveness of meetings (page 30). Perhaps there's an easy resolution here for us all, to take the note to heart and strive to make all our meetings in 2019 as effective as possible, starting with the question: is this meeting really necessary?