5 Smart Ways to Get People to Follow Up After a Meeting

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When a meeting is really excellent, the energy levels are high, lots of clever ideas get thrown on the table and people get excited about possibilities. Promises get made to investigate wonderful new opportunities or to start fantastic new projects. But in the days and weeks after the meeting, all that adrenaline evaporates and next to nothing actually gets done. How frustrating!

Well, here come some solutions. Lyle Sussman and Sam Deep shoot from the hip in their book, Smart Moves. One of their targets is people who don’t follow through after a business meeting. Here are five of their smart suggestions:

1. End the meeting with a summary of agreed upon suggestions.. Recap who has agreed to do what and by when.

2. Record promises made. Name names and put them into the minutes.

3. Send notes a few days after the meeting to remind people what they’ve committed to doing.

4. If they are not taking action, either ask if you may help — this is a gentle way of nudging them to take responsibility –or, if your rank allows you, give them a deadline to report their results to you.

5. Be sure the agenda at the next meeting asks for briefings on progress on each of the assignments.
Aren’t those some smart, sensible ideas? I hope you put them to work for you so that your high energy meetings produce high energy results.

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