Have a written agenda before the meeting BECAUSE you know exactly what it’s about when you are scheduling it and you want each participant to know their part. Don’t type up a thoughtless list the day before.
A decision should be made at the end BECAUSE the point of the meeting was to make that decision. Don’t add decision points where you didn’t appropriately set the stage.
Everyone invited should speak BECAUSE you should only come to the meeting if you are contributing. Don’t invite an irrelevant person and solicit their opinion.
Notes should be taken BECAUSE you are in a narrowly focused, important decision making moment and you want a record of how a choice was made. Don’t hold a worthless meeting and assign a note taker to capture useless information.