Meetings are a key component to most organizational operations, and that is especially true for departmental and project activities. As a member of the accounting/business department, holding effective meetings to communicate policy changes, updates to federal and state laws and regulations, procedural improvements, challenges the organization is facing, etc. it would be imperative that those meetings be effective and productive. A 2017 article in the Harvard Business Review, however, pointed out several real challenges facing most company meetings. 182 senior managers were surveyed. The study revealed that 65% or respondents felt meeting kept them from completing their own work. 71% viewed meetings as unproductive and inefficient, and 62% felt that meetings failed to build team connections. If you were the responsible for leading Finance Team Meetings for your company, what practices or guidelines would you utilize to ensure the meetings were a productive, constructive, effective and positive team building experience?