1. Ensure appropriate participants at the Meeting. Postpone1 the meeting rather than holding a meeting without critical staff members. 为了提高会议决策效率，需要确保会议关键人员到场。
2. Involve each participant in actions. This ensures that each participant is invested in the topic of the meeting and in the follow-up. Youll accomplish more results with the whole team pulling than with one dominant2 staff person trying to push everyone else up the hill. 调动所有人的积极性，确保每个与会者都在献计献策。
3. Be a referee3 and employ a time-keeper. Have one person in the meeting be the slavish time-keeper so you can focus on facilitating, summarizing, clarifying, and just keeping things moving. 严格控制会议时间和节奏，确保议题的讨论顺利进行。
4. Have a theme. Make it clear why this meeting is happening, why each person is participating at a given time, and then use your agenda to amplify4 how the theme will be explored in each section of the meeting. 引导大家围绕议题展开讨论，防止跑题。
5. Stay on target. As soon as the needed permission, notification, or task assignment is completed, just move on to the next item. 目标明确，一个问题解决之后立即解决下一个。
6. Follow up if you have been utilizing5 a project manager or note taker, be sure to use a few minutes at the end for him or her to review any major new projects or action items that were generated in the meeting. 给做会议记要的人几分钟的时间，让其把决议重点重申一下。
怎么样，看到这里，心中是不是有一种冲动，想要轰轰烈烈地干一番大事业现在就开始行动吧!当然啦，也不要给自己过大的压力，祝你好运!
扩展：
在工作中，为什么有的人工作得心应手，有的人事事不顺这就是道行问题了!那么， 道行高又该怎么表达呢下面就让我们一起来看一看。
Dave: How did you know I was working for Web Tracker
戴夫：你怎知道我在替网路搜寻家工作
Zina: When I was in LA, I met the Web Tracker sales rep.
吉娜：当我在洛城的时候，我跟网路搜寻家的业务代表碰过面。
Dave: He couldnt have told you. Only a few people at Web Tracker know about me.
戴夫：他不可能会跟你说的。网路搜寻家只有少数人知道我。
Zina: The sales rep had a green note pad1 just like yours. He said everybody at Web Tracker used them.
吉娜：那个业务代表用的绿色便利贴跟你的一样。他说网路搜寻家的人都用这种。
Dave: I cant believe it. I cant believe I fell into your trap.
戴夫：不敢相信。我不相信自己掉进了你的陷阱。
Zina: We both may be snakes, Dave, but Im just better at it. Among the snakes, Im the sneakiest.
吉娜：我们俩或许都是诈包，戴夫，但我的道行就是比较高。在诈包当中，我可是诈包冠军。
Notes:
1. better at it 道行比较高
这个片语用better 是因为有两者之间的比较，一般情况下只说 good at it 精于此道。要注意介词只能用at。
A: I know you are a pianist in your own right.
我知道你天生就是一位钢琴家。
B: No. I know how to play the piano. But Im not good at it.
不是的。我懂得弹钢琴，但我并不精于此。
A: Youre too modest. Youre better at it than many performers.
你太谦虚了。你比许多表演者弹奏的还好。
2. sales rep 业务代表;rep 代表是representative 的略缩。
3. fall into ones trap 陷入某人的陷阱
