
Meetings can be busy and, with so many discussions and topics to cover, it’s easy for quick actions and verbal agreements made during the meeting to be forgotten. But this can affect productivity and waste precious resources, such as time, effort and energy. Board meetings held in this way may mean that research and projects take longer to complete. This is often due to missed deadlines or miscommunication from either side. If the action’s notes and due dates aren’t clear, it’s not possible to follow up or chase on these items. So, how can we, as directors and secretaries, prevent these situations from happening? One approach is to note down in the meeting minutes a task list of action items and make sure they are properly managed. Doing so will also make your meetings far more efficient, instead of spending the time discussing previous action items that weren’t done. In […]