What makes a meeting productive instead of frustrating? In this Student Leadership Playbook episode of the Teen Exec Podcast, host Natalya Lucas teams up with her dad, Jeff Lucas, a college marketing instructor, to explore the essential skills every student leader needs to plan and run better meetings.

Together, they share the “five plus one rules” of successful meetings:

Setting a clear agenda with goals
Guiding discussion so everyone participates
Following up with action steps
Assigning roles like timekeeper and note taker
Scheduling the next step before you leave
And the bonus: not every problem needs a meeting!

You’ll hear real examples from student clubs, learn how AI can make planning and follow-ups easier, and pick up practical tools you can use right away.

If you’ve ever left a meeting feeling like nothing got done—or if you’re stepping into a leadership role and want to do better—this episode gives you a simple framework you can put into practice now.

Many thanks to the Weston Media Center for helping us record and edit this episode.

Resources & Links:

The Student Leadership Challenge by Kouzes & Posner
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
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Running Great Meetings: 5 + 1 Rules Every Student Leader Should Know