#meeting #purpose #contribution Meetings must be related to purpose and contribution I don't come here for nothing. [[Meetings are the exception rather than the rule]] > Effective executives know what they expect to get out of a meeting (a report or a presentation) and what the purpose of the occasion is or should be. They ask themselves, "While we're having this meeting, do we want a decision? Do we want to inform? Do we want to make clear to ourselves what we should be doing?" They insist that the purpose be thought through and spelled out before a meeting is called. They insist that the meeting serves contributions to which they have committed themselves.