How do you know if a meeting was good? Most teams don't ask this question. They just have the meeting and move on.
Here's a simple scoring system that changed how we think about meetings.
The Meeting Effectiveness Score
After every meeting, we ask three questions:
1. Did we make a decision? (Yes = 1 point, No = 0)
2. Did we assign action items? (Yes = 1 point, No = 0)
3. Would an email have worked? (Yes = 0 points, No = 1 point)
Total score: 0-3
0-1: Poor meeting. Didn't produce outcomes. Probably could have been an email.
2: Average meeting. Produced something but had room for improvement.
3: Effective meeting. Made decisions, assigned work, justified the time.
Why This Works
The score makes meeting quality visible. When a team starts tracking scores, patterns emerge:
Some meetings consistently score 0. Those get cancelled.
Some score 1. Those get restructured.
Some score 3. Those get expanded to other teams.
How to Implement
At the end of every meeting, spend 30 seconds scoring it. Write the score in the meeting notes. Over time, you'll see which meetings are worth keeping.
The goal isn't to score high on every meeting. It's to know which meetings are working.
The System Behind It
I use a Meeting Mastery System that makes scoring automatic:
- Post-meeting evaluation prompts
- Decision logging
- Action item tracking
- Monthly meeting score review
Score your meetings. Make the invisible visible.
[Link to Meeting Mastery System in bio]
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