Why is it good to do the exercise?

Monday meetings, lunch meetings, board meetings and team conferences. Boards make decisions about future investments, clinics discuss diagnoses and HR departments design new staff development programs. Some meetings have clear goals, but others completely lack a stated purpose. A research team at the University of Oslo has investigated what creates focused and satisfying meetings. They highlight a clear goal as one of the most important factors. Clear goals, which everyone understands, contribute to creating and maintaining focused dialogue during the meeting. This, in turn, increases employees’ satisfaction with the meeting.