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How I engineered effective meetings to stop wasting time (3-phase framework + 🎁 Free Strategy)

Learn how to set agendas, steer discussions, and capitalize on meeting notes to ensure every session yields tangible results. Say goodbye to meeting chaos and hello to streamlined success with these e

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“We have too many meetings”

How many of you had this sticky note on one of your retro boards? I bet most of you.

Engineers are paid to build software, not to be in meetings.

However, building software is a collaborative effort. The bigger the company, the more moving pieces, and the more meetings you need to do even the simplest change.

When people complain about meetings, it’s not about the time. It’s about not making progress

On the other hand, writing code is clear progress. You merge commits, and you move tasks from left to right in a sprint board.

To make a meeting feel the same way, you need to drive it proactively.

⭐ In this post you’ll learn:

  • The setup of a meeting, because just gathering people won’t create a magical outcome

  • The driving of the meeting, because a conversation with people always goes through another topic.

  • The after-meeting work, because we forget what we talked about.

#1 Before the meeting

📩 Send an email with the invite to the audience.

It’s tricky to identify who to inv…

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