How to Run a Meeting Like Google
By Carmine Gallo

No one wastes time searching for a purpose at Marissa Mayer's meetings—even five-minute gatherings must have a clear agenda.

Meetings get a bad rap in business today and for good reason—very little gets accomplished in them. I can recall a Dilbert cartoon in which several people sat around a table while the meeting organizer said, "There is no specific agenda for this meeting. As usual, we'll just make unrelated emotional statements about things which bother us..."

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Originally appeared September 27, 2006 in BusinessWeek Online.
Used with permission of the author.

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