How to Chair a Meeting

Business work, especially in an office setting, demands a certain degree of collaboration. For instance, important decisions often call for more than one person's perspective and important work often needs the expertise of multiple people to get done. Meetings are one way to make collaboration structured and organized, but without a sense of purpose or control, meetings can easily become overlong and inefficient. Knowing how to plan, prepare, and lead a meeting that you're chairing can make the difference between an effective meeting and a wasted one.