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The goal of a meeting matters. It can be easily derailed by dominant people and unrelated conversations. At the beginning of your meeting say that you'll politely interrupt anything unrelated to the meeting goal and go back to it if there is time.

Why?

It empowers you to keep the meeting on track without feeling rude or awkward, eliminates/reduces confusion and increases the chances of the meeting achieving its goal.

You know it’s working when:

• You don’t feel rude or awkward if you have to interrupt

• The person you interrupt understands why

• You encounter less interruptions/unrelated conversations the more you use this