Article Overview:
This is a really useful article from Brian Hunt, which includes tools for assessing meetings and making future meetings more effective.

Opening Words:
Do you think that most meetings are badly run and a waste of time? If so, your views are supported by the findings of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. According to the research they carried out:
• The average meeting takes place in the company conference room at 11am and lasts for 90 minutes.
• It is attended by nine people - two managers, four co-workers, two subordinates and one outsider - who have received two hour prior notification.

Useful Reading For:
Anyone who attends or organises meetings - that's all of us then!