9 Tricks Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, And Other Highly Successful Execs Use To Run Effective Meetings

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Americans sit through some 11 million meetings every day - with the unproductive ones costing companies $37 billion a year.

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Since we've already looked at the most egregious meeting mistakes, we decided to explore how the most successful executives run effective meetings.

After combing through the business literature, we discovered that Yahoo's Marissa Mayer grills her employees like an expert chef, Amazon's Jeff Bezos can't stand it when people agree, and Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg wields a mighty notebook.

Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.