8 Tips for Running More Effective Meetings | The Distilled Man 

1. Is the meeting necessary 2.Who really needs to be there 3. What are our expectations...set a clear agenda 4.meeting starts when the invite is sent 5. Prewire meetings 6. Actively manage the meeting 7. Agree on next steps during the meeting and document 8. Bring donuts. ...got it most important my number 1 really 😊

I'm leading meetings for a small group of 4 people, and agenda, meeting homeworks are set and done, but I just couldn't figure out why the meetings always take much longer, we have amazing productive discussions, brainstorming etc. I think that the parking lot tip is just what we need. It's genius! Thank you so much!

Giving the objective and meeting agenda ahead of times for long or important meetings is key for meeting success and productivity. Cheers!

Great tips! Especially about being selective about who is at your meeting!

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Aahh, precious meetings. These tips all still seem to hold since 2015. I'm just missing the "ask your peers for evaluation" tip. I too ask peers to rate my meetings, and it teaches me a lot. Even if only whether I need to bring donuts or a healthy snack instead...

This was tremendously helpful! Thank you so much.

Very good points, I haven't tried the Donuts part, but it seems pretty cool, haha. Since I have been in lots of meetings, one other thing as a leader of a meeting from my point of view is to analyze the results of the meeting, because it might happen once in a while not to cover all the points or not to accomplish the objective so that it is really important to see where were the mistakes and don't repeat next time.

Why does it seem like Leonardo Di Caprio is talking to me, in this awesome video?

Really amazing tips, thank you.

Well presented and valuable information. Walking meetings are great too as people can be very creative when moving. They tend to be short and one or two topics maximum.

Just loved every tip of this video

nope allow me to correct you...the most important tip is having a list of topics to be discussed emailed to the attendees 3 days prior...that way the attendees will all have gotten time to think through and come with ideas that are well thought through

"bring Donuts" Noted and highly appreciated. its what I have been missing all this time :)

Great! I have followed this model to an extent. There are some great insights in here. Use them. If you keep this type of thinking in your back pocket as a back up to your relationship meetings it will always bold well with clients. All clients will benefit from this way of thinking. Adapt it to what works for you. That is the sign of a true businessmen/businesswomen, always adapting and improving. You can always learn something even if its small. keep up the great work "The Distilled Man" I Appreciate the insights.

Thank you so much. Very useful.

Thank you. Very helpful tips especially prepping attendees to be prepared with feedback. Already use “prewire” technique but plan to use more to have better meetings.

Very nice video! A...lot of people need to hear this, lol. Keep up the great work.

Thank you so much for this!!

great advice. could you do one about how to manage meetings that involve different nationalities (social etiquette etc.) and, how to moderate webinars that involve speakers of different seniority?

Great idea sending the meeting summary after the meeting ...Will be doing this tomorrow ...thanks

Thanks! you did wonderful job here. Very good tips and pls share few more for effective me

Great tips! I agree with all of the them including having a published agenda and a clear objective. I have read somewhere that you should spend 2-3 hours of prep for every hour of planned meeting time.

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This was extremely helpful. Thank you!

Excellent tips... Great presentation.., and thank you for your eBook"48-Hour Gentleman".. All the best.

Bringing Donuts in the meeting is something new to me. Haha you're right men. Thank you

I like it, thanks for the nice tips!

good one. Thank you!

Great tips that work in any industry, thank you @thedistilledman

Yhis video give me ideas, how to handle a meeting preparation. Thanks

Great tips.

Thank you 🙏

magnificent points made here sir! thank you!

The meeting starts when the invite is sent.Good point

Great video Kyle. Thank you for your faithfulness in the pursuit of authentic masculinity. You're a man ahead of his time.

bring donuts is the best tips i ever heard :) thanks for sharing this

Tips are very practical. Thanks! Will use your tips in real situations.

Thanks man!!!!!!! I greatly appreciate this. This will help me better understand what to expect when attending meetings. Hopefully, they will all have donuts lol.

thank you I have learned

totally right men

Great video! Do you have suggestions on duration? I ask because my personal limit is half an hour; absolute max is 1 hour - but people keep inviting me for 2-3 hour meetings, and I think they need to break them down to smaller meetings with a smaller scope - and I'm look for evidence / arguments to support that.

Am i going to give the donuts before start the meeting or after the meeting?

Thanks very much for the tips. Apart from the topics covered can you have an video on specifically managing the meetings. most of the time senior folks or dominant members hijack the meeting and don't allow the agenda to flow appropriately. also, due to the their influence they don't allow the purpose of the meeting get satisfied by changing the direction of meetings.

Wonderful 👏

This made me remember how much do I hate being forced to attend meetings and those endless hours discussing stuff I don't care about. We should be able to opt-out meetings, shouldn't we?

So funny 7:48! But it's true, food is a great ice-breaker :D

Very useful

thankyou. very helpful. Question tho. @the distilled man, Can you give suggestions for if you follow all of that, but have conflicts during the meeting. suggestions on how to prevent & diffuse them if they do occur?

Yep. I really dig the donut tips... will see how it goes

GREAT JOB

Sir, you're very good at explaining! P.S. you kind of look like Chris Pine!

Good video! More tips 9. Prepare the topic to be discussed 10. Agree on the location of the meeting

perfect !!! ❤

Very good tips for a productive meeting. What about virtual meeting. Like skype meeting, do you have some tips for it?

This guy is awesome, why did he quit making videos?

I get that but I want to know how will I win with our smile any tips on that?

Exactly what I needed

What is a good replacement for donuts if the meeting is virtual? 😅❤

My former boss made only one meeting in one year Then my actual boss make meetings sometimes twice a week and we end it up with more questions and doubts then feedback

What if your attendees are half-assed?

Disinvite?

je ne vois rien

Lol....I work for an IT consulting firm with onsite offshore nearshore remote workers. And work is extremely fast paced because of deadlines that impact major financial decisions. These tips sound courteous but not practical when things are to move super fast.

Hi, how are you? I hope you doing well and answer me back. I got your video to study a bit about the theme and learned a lot. But, I got a very simple question; what "the distilled man" really means? I am Brazilian and some words and expressions may not have the real sense when they are translated, you know? I am awarding your return! Thanks!!!

I didn't know the distilled man was Chris Pine!! :)

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heyy kyle!!! again me haha sorry for disturbing u need more videos on different topics n situations i really like ur videos i see all ov them again n again .... ☺

Because I'm in a strong union ...his little line of "oh tom...I would really lie to here what Jane says...we will come back to you.."...I would meet him at his car in the parking lot after work. Lol

Hello there, it is great video. i have paper writing can I use materials your video? thank you in advance.

How to manage standup meetings effectively?

Driving to meeting. Heard donuts. Went and got donuts. Lol

All and all decent tips, but I am kinda skeptical. Productive en Effective... sounds like "little room for discussion and new insights and ideas" to me? What gives the chairman the idea that he knows it all at forehand, and can "rule" a meeting, just to stay in time and have a main focus on just productiveness? Where is the risk of killing good ideas and people not ventilating what they really think, because thy are shut down with comments like "good idea, we will address that later"? (some people hear that once, and never speak up again). Maybe it's the meeting setting that differs? A meeting with specialists is something else, than a board meeting or a Scrum meeting. Or a Middle Management meeting with, "production managers"? I am surely someone who lives by making good agendas in advance, and sharing them a few days ahead. But still care for an environment for people to speak up. Maybe it's the setting or the type of production environment (creative, technical, ?) that defines the way to organise your meetings best? Again, some of the ideas here are absolutely great, and I will keep them on my list ;)

That last one caught me off guard.

Hi Kyle, really like the tips. One request: would you be up for turning on the community subtitling function on this video? I would really like to put Spanish subtitles on it, and it's a lot easier to do using the RU-vid subtitling tool. Thank you!

how do you measure if the meeting is effective? thanks

the perfect meeting? that is ambitious.

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Thanks for this, have a meeting in a few hours and I'm definitely gonna bring donuts 🙄

0:20 5/10 = 1/2, little tip to make more effective fractions

Whit my respect SER way you schedule meting is of end week ? In my opiniin some people need good holiday so we can't stress them for the weekend they NEDD. Relax, meeting indstaction opiniin school be. From beging weeks if I understand PROPOBLY you video 📹 happy weekend to You, enjoy,

I like to FIRE a guy at the beginning of a perfect meeting! Sets the stage! But this video is GOOD advice!

donuts? got it.

It’s that Chris Pine?

I just came for his eyes

i watched this video for an english lesson task

There's a Japanese term for #5 - "nemawashi"

Just moved to another company and my manager really love unnecessary meeting. Seriously, she could spent 2-4 hours (or even more if God permit) just to 'motivate' us. She talks in a very roundabout ways and full of contradiction, honestly the more I listen to her the more I get unmotivated.

Hahaha - Donuts!!

Great video! We use something called the 'parking lot technique' during meetings, which we've found to be quite useful. The parking lot technique is great for keeping on track and on time during your meetings. Here's how it works: Start by explaining to your team members that you only have a set amount of time for the meeting so you will be sticking to the meeting agenda and each agenda item very literally. Avoid deviations from the meeting agenda items by asking participants to write their talking points at the bottom of the agenda (the “parking lot”) instead of interrupting others. It works great for us!

I really thought that said how to ruin a perfect meeting and

Number one wear an undershirt.

25 slides? I have been at clients who won't read past 10.

Do not bring donuts!! Bring fruits and nuts

Dammit bill, get your shit together

Thank you Leonardo Di Caprio

5 out of 10, or 1 in 2 you might say.

Chris Pine

Good video but I do not agree with the donut thing though. It is an easy unhealthy way to win people over rather than promote good nutrition/ living. I wouldn't take the donut on a meeting and then what? You would need to come up with more creative, real ways to create a positive vibe lol

"5/10 meetings are inefficient"... The irony in the semantics