You're in the middle of a productive work session when a new meeting invite pops up, but it doesn't have to be a draining experience; the problem lies not with meetings themselves, but how we approach them. Traditional meetings often lack clear outcomes, right stakeholders, and necessary data to drive meaningful decisions, instead focusing on status updates or unproductive discussions. However, having identified what makes a bad meeting makes it easy to understand how to improve, and good meetings should involve the right stakeholders at the right times, have clear outcomes, and be data-informed. To turn your meetings into effective reviews, invest in collaborative pre-work, involve the right mix of quantitative and qualitative data, task the right individuals to collect and interpret the data, provide time and space for collaboration, clearly define a time before the review, and involve the right stakeholders. By doing so, you can transform aimless talking to an outcome-driven collaboration, focusing on meaningful discussions rather than status updates, and making your meetings more productive and efficient.