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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