The [Meeting Facilitator's Playbook](A%20Playbook%20Overview.md) should help you become adept at facilitating meetings. It is mostly based on the content of the HBR article [Why Your Meetings Stink - and What to Do About It](https://hbr.org/2019/01/why-your-meetings-stink-and-what-to-do-about-it) by Steven G. Rogelberg. It should help you make your meetings as enjoyable and emotionally engaging as a good movie or show. If a meeting is perceived as an unproductive waste, it most likely is the facilitator's fault. If you want to go even deeper, Roger Schwarz' [The Skilled Facilitator](https://schwarzassociates.com/books/) book can provide amazing details on how to run successful meetings. ## Why meetings 1. Form a coherent whole ([teams vs. workgroups](https://www.leadershipgeeks.com/difference-between-work-groups-and-teams/)). 2. Create more adaptive, resilient, and self-directing colleagues. 3. Establish and promote consensus. 4. Power the collective drive and energy. ## Why this playbook 1. Understand what you do well and not so well in meetings. 2. Identify and [eliminate ineffective or unnecessary meetings](https://ideas.ted.com/the-economic-impact-of-bad-meetings/). 3. Improve the quality of your meetings. 4. Go beyond the bare basics (like "have an agenda").