Retired Gen. Colin Powell provided thoughts on the importance of meetings in his 2012 book with Tony Koltz, It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership. Although not explicit in his musings about the connection of the conduct of meetings with leadership, his meaning is pertinent and emphatic: Meetings have a special importance.
He implies that properly conducted, meetings are key to successful execution of missions, resolution of issues, settlement of disputes, expression of views and so forth. They also can be an effective leadership tool.
The intrinsic leadership value of a meeting lies...