Meetings

If your meetings are unproductive, this might be the reason.

There are better and worse ways to disagree.

A simple tool to help you decide.

A tool to waste less of your time.

Strategies for engagement

Many executives feel overwhelmed by meetings, and no wonder: On average, they spend nearly 23 hours a week in them, up from less than 10 hours in the...

Protect your time without looking like a grump.

Don't show off, and don't ramble.

Proper preparation will save you time.

Great managers may be charismatic or dull, generous or tightfisted, visionary or numbers oriented. But every effective executive follows eight simple practices.

Focus on behaviors, not procedures.

Why have a meeting anyway? Why indeed? A great many important matters are quite satisfactorily conducted by a single individual who consults nobody. A great many more are resolved by a letter, a memo, a phone call, or a simple conversation between two people. Sometimes five minutes spent with six people separately is more effective […]

Make a good first impression.

Create safety so people can open up.

Time is money.

Of all the meetings top executives attend in a year, none is more important than the strategy off-site, where the most essential conversations for the...

Back in the days of Mad Men, there were clear delineations between administrative and professional roles. Secretaries, as they were then called, existed expressly to type memos, fetch coffee, serve lunch and schedule meetings. Today, the once-clear lines between administrative and professional roles have changed. While it would have been unthinkable to ask an assistant […]

Look out for people who dominate the conversation.

Tips for generating productive friction.

How to stop putting your top people to sleep

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Are your days full of rambling back-to-back meetings with no time to think? Do you wish you could leave conference rooms with solid decisions and action...

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Make every minute count. Your calendar is full, and yet your meetings don't always seem to advance your work. Problems often arise with unrealistic or...

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Effective communication is a key driver for achieving desired results on a personal or business level. Knowing how to produce written communications--proposals,...

Effective communication is a key driver for achieving desired results on a personal or business level. Knowing how to produce written communications--proposals,...

Whether you're new to running meetings or a seasoned executive with no time to waste, leading effective (and even pleasant!) meetings is a must. "Running...

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In his sixty-five-year consulting career, Peter F. Drucker, widely regarded as the father of modern management, identified eight practices that can make...