Decision-making meeting: what it is and what it means

A decision-making meeting is a type of meeting designed to choose between options, approve or deliberate on issues that require a formal choice. It requires few participants with authority, materials read before the meeting, a limited amount of time for discussing the options and a final vote or explicit consensus. The expected output is a written decision with an owner and a deadline. The most common mistake is widening the invitation list to ensure involvement, which instead produces consensus paralysis and lowers the quality of the choice.

Distinctive: choose between options
Distinctive: final vote or explicit consensus
Essential: written decision with an owner and a deadline
Essential: few participants with authority
Constant: materials read before

Glossary

Decision-making meeting

A type of meeting designed to choose between options, approve or deliberate, with few participants who hold authority, pre-read materials and a written output.