Tips for managing meetings

(lively music) - Meetings, most of the time they're productive, but sometimes they aren't. We've got some solutions. (whooshing) - People always complain about meetings. Too many meetings, badly run meetings. But they also complain if you don't have meetings. I don't know what's going on, nobody ever asked my opinion, et cetera. - One reason people complain about meetings is that they often stray far from the topics you're supposed to be addressing. - Keeping meetings on topic is not just the meeting leader's responsibility, it's every attendees responsibility. - And then there are virtual meetings, conference calls and video conferences. I probably don't need to tell you this, but they present their own challenges. - Have you ever been on a video call where someone's making noise or talking in the background and the whole group can hear them? It can be quite disruptive to the meeting and embarrassing to the…