Do you get stuck in meetings that take too long, don't get to the point and don't stimulate the appropriate actions? I've been in loads of those too. When I told my boss (in a job I had a long time ago) that I wouldn't attend any more meetings if there wasn't an agenda I was told that I was 'a troublemaker'. How I laugh looking back! A clear agenda allows everyone to prepare properly and shorten meetings. Having an agenda for a meeting implies a degree of preparation by the organiser. Circulation of an agenda prior to a meeting allows for appropriate preparation by the attendees. Swift sharing of information based on an agenda, preparation in advance and having a clear focus of what the meeting is designed to achieve can make meetings speed up (and be a whole lot more effective). If you have a regular meeting then 'standard' agendas can work really well, as long as the meetings are punchy and people prepare properly for the