How to hold an effective meeting

How was it possible to arrive here? The explanation is obvious: the meeting was not well prepared. Have you ever wondered how it  actually translates in terms of cost, an inefficient meeting? What is the salary of each participant involved and how much time is consumed in that meeting? Most of the times, it is not even necessary, since the manager does nothing but to ask others information or conclusions, which, just as well could have been presented in the note submitted by the personnel involved”, says Mihnea Rasca, Project Manager of the company EXEC-EDU.