Former Bain consultant and executive coach Anita Kishore knows how to run a good meeting. When a CEO cancelled a standing meeting with her, Anita learned the hard way that planning ahead and communicating meeting objectives are essential for any meeting. As an executive coach, she helps executives maximize their effectiveness through good meeting hygiene. In this episode, find out the two secrets to make any meeting a hit. From project meetings, all-hands, staff meetings or 1:1s, Anita shares strategies for how to maximize effectiveness of any meeting.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why setting an agenda and knowing the meeting objective is table stakes;
• How to know which meetings you need to attend;
• How to manage the clock by "calling a banana";
• How to draw out the introverts by using technology to encourage participation
• Tune in to learn the skills you need to be a meeting pro.