Smart Meetings

John R Brandt had an interesting article a while ago in IndustryWeek self titled Brandt On Leadership — How To Run An Effective Meeting in which he says:
Every meeting should reinforce the idea that nothing of importance can happen without you.
In the article he offers some tips about agendas, background materials, process and follow-up […]

Carmine Gallo has an article in Business Review Weekly on How to Run a Meeting Like Google. Gallo interviewed Marissa Mayer (Google’s vice-president of search products) about her approach.
In a shop like Google, much of the work takes place in meetings, and [Mayer’s] goal is to make sure teams have a firm mandate, strategic direction […]