Seven ways to get people to meetings on time

1. Start on time - no matter who's missing. if you don't, you reinforce tardiness.
2. Close the door when the meeting begins. This will draw greater attention to late comers.
3. Put the most important agenda items first. If they are last, members won't see a need to arrive on time.
4. Items of particular interest to potential latecomers should be at the top of the agenda. The trick is to get them to be prompt because it's in their own self - interest, rather than because you want them to.
5. Solicit help from the secretaries of chronic latecomers. Befriend them. Ask them what they can do to alter schedules or remind their bosses of the meeting time.
6. Look to other group members to apply peer pressure. Throw the problem out to the group. Schedule a problem - solving agenda item regarding the improvement of punctuality.
7. Speak privately to offenders. Tell them of their importance to group process and your interest in doing whatever you can to have them there for more of the meeting.