What They Don't Teach You in Business School: How to Run Successful Meetings and Conduct Effective Conference Calls (Career Savvy)

Teaches how to: Define the key aspects of a meeting; find and reserve the meeting location, media, and catering; track the budget and actual expenses incurred; determine the attendees and agenda; create and send the meeting invitation and track responses; prepare the meeting content and pre-type the meeting minutes; manage the meeting stakeholders, assign meeting roles and responsibilities, and complete the final preparations and checks; open and facilitate the meeting; close the meeting, conduct the meeting evaluation, finish and send out meeting minutes; and conduct the meeting evaluation discussion with manager. Includes the following six templates: Definition of the Meeting Template; Meeting Expenses Template; Attendee List Template; Agenda Example; Meeting Evaluation Template; and, Meeting Preparation Check List.


Implementing a successful meeting can be a large step forward in climbing the career ladder. A well run meeting can result in increased respect from management, admiration from peers, and positive publicity for you. An inadequately run meeting can spell disaster because it can undermine your credibility with management, provoke disrespect from co-workers, and even negatively affect your self-esteem. Unfortunately, colleges and universities don’t generally prepare students for these kinds of real-life situations, yet they can have an incredible impact on your career.