Stay in Control — Useful Phrases for Running a Meeting

Once a meeting begins, things can quickly go off track. People interrupt, side chats begin, and focus fades. Use these practical phrases to stay in control and keep the meeting productive.

Useful Phrases for Running a Meeting

📰 Phrases for discussing updates

• I’d like to inform everyone about the project’s progress.

• How is the project coming along?

• Has everyone submitted their monthly reports?

• (Josh), can you let us know what’s new in…?

⏭️ Phrases for moving to another topic

• If nobody has anything else to share, let’s move on to…

• I think that covers it. Now we can go to our next topic.

• The next topic we need to cover is…

👉 Phrases for keeping the discussion on track

• Can we continue this discussion later and go back to…?

• We’re getting off topic. Can we return to…?

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