All-company meetings need to be carefully crafted to maximize both your employees' time and take-away benefits. The meeting agenda should be formed around the goals you have for your middle market company with an eye toward employee engagement. Here are six factors to keep in mind:
How do you know if your all-company meeting was a success or not? If you're getting people to talk about your midmarket company's mission and values while communicating a clear message surrounding your company's overall plan, goals and core values, then it has made an impact. Above all, your top meeting agenda item should be to share stories within your company that both inspire and instruct, laying the foundation of how you want all your employees to work every day.
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Boston-based Chuck Leddy is an NCMM contributor and a freelance reporter who contributes regularly to The Boston Globe and Harvard Gazette. He also trains Fortune 500 executives in business-communication skills as an instructor for EF Education.