Meetings

Making them worth attending.

Before

State the purpose, the decision needed and who must be there. A meeting with no decision to make is usually a document.

Circulate the material in advance and expect it to be read.
If the answer is already decided, say so rather than staging a discussion.

During and after

Someone facilitates, someone records decisions and owners, and the summary goes out the same day. Without the last step, the meeting mostly did not happen.