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Make sure there's an agenda. Meeting can last forever, if everyone drifts from the topic that the meeting was set to discuss.

Make sure there's a timeline 45 min. You need to have an end.

See if the attendees are willing to do the meeting standing up ?

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I'd also add two more things:

1. Make it so the agenda is announced to the participants over email so they can whittle it down using email. Sometimes you don't even need the meeting.

2. If you have that guy who makes them take to long, talk to him privately about it. Or, don't invite him. Or, schedule the meeting 30 minutes before he has to leave to pick up his kids.

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