It’s been memed about meetings: “None of us is as dumb as all of us.” Raise your hand if you can’t wait for your next team meeting. That’s what I thought. And you aren’t alone. For too many teams, meetings are where, as reliably as Swiss trains, all their bad habits spring to …
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How to Lead More Productive and Engaging Meetings
Though employees often dread meetings, leaders know that meetings are essential for progress. Meetings are important platforms for aligning as a team, problem solving, and making collective decisions and resolutions. Why do so many employees dread meetings? When certain aspects of meeting planning, …
8 Essential Ground Rules to Keep Conference Calls on Track
Business meetings are often derailed by poor preparation, bad behavior or dismal time management. Add in the unique pitfalls associated with today’s virtual meetings, and the hazards are compounded. Meeting via conference call is even more likely to run aground with the possibilities of inattention, …
7 Ways to Make Meetings More Effective Over the Summer
Summer days at the office can drag on, and so can meetings. But meetings are expensive. Say you have 10 employees who each make $70,000 a year ($35 an hour, in other words). That’s $350 for a one-hour meeting. In fact, the average meeting costs about $500 to $1,000 an hour. Other issues with …
How to Make Your Meetings More Successful
Part of running a successful small business means taking part in meetings. Whether you’re getting your employees together to talk about some upcoming changes within your company or you’re engaged with a group of other small business owners looking to have a mastermind session, you want your time …
