A few weeks ago, I was having dinner with two wonderful clients when the topic of meetings came up. These two individuals work together, and they shared some concern with how their organization conducts meetings.
Their meetings usually begin with such full agendas that there isn’t time for team members to press in, get feedback and to truly understand what others are working on. As a result, they lose the opportunity to sharpen, fine tune, and challenge initiatives that are most important to the organization’s success.
Last fall, at the 
