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How to Get the Most Out of a Board Meeting

A board meeting is a crucial component of the decision making process for businesses. The purpose is to ensure that the management of an organisation is done in a transparent and efficient way. This involves implementing best practices for productivity and strategic decision-making.

When you are holding a board session one of the first things to do is set up the board structure. This includes committees as well as the governance policy. This provides an ideal base for the future and allows board members to make the best decisions right from the beginning.

Reviewing the performance metrics like sales, marketing traffic and market share is an important aspect to be included in the board meeting to determine if goals have been achieved. Board members are also able to brainstorm ideas to get around roadblocks.

When topics are constantly being added to the discussion The board meeting may be slowed down and important agenda items might be left unnoticed. This can be averted by including a «parking lot» on the end of the agenda for the board, where random topics can be pushed aside for later.

To avoid boring board meetings, some companies begin the meeting off with a success story. This is a great way of refocusing the meeting participants and increasing participation. You can also start the meeting by asking a brief question or acknowledging the accomplishments of a colleague before the main discussion. Lastly, using the right video conference management software can help keep the meetings on track, and energized. Moderators using the correct platform can turn off or mute cameras and remote microphones as well as remove participants from the meeting, and assign speakers.

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