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At some point in time we have all attended a not so productive meeting. We even wonder why we were asked to attend. I offer 18 tips for the meeting chair and participants on how to make meetings more effective.  More...
The reason meetings are such a continual waste of time and energy is simple: pervasive distrust. And there's also a simple way to prove to your people who much you trust them.  More...
Interesting and funny story about research into what really goes on in the minds of meeting attendees.  More...
What one factor leads to successful outcomes in meetings with clients and prospects? Research shows the more time clients and prospects spend talking in a meeting, the more likely they are to feel good about it and have a positive opinion of their advisor. Here are 3 steps to getting clients and prospects talking in a meeting –- and the three most  More...
If you've ever gone to a business networking event and (a) wondered who to talk to, (b) wondered what to talk about, or (c) left the event with a handful of business cards but not solid leads, this is a great article to help you make those meetings more productive and focused.  More...
When you hear a business person boast about not being organized and still being successful, chances are that they have a team behind them, including a spouse, who manages their calendar and their paperwork, ensuring that they sign the correct contracts on time and that they show up for the appropriate meetings. The team's organization leads to t  More...
You see it everywhere, that constant checking of email. In the office, email is often allowed to intrude at any time throughout the day and is given priority over the current task. Outside the office space, those PDAs, like the Blackberty and Treo, pop up at meetings, lunches, soccer games, and even the dinner table. The purported reason is to sta  More...
Every weekday at 9:30 a.m. sharp, the executive team at Bishop-Wisecarver, a Pittsburg, California, manufacturing company, files into the boardroom. They stand around the table; no sitting allowed. Then rat-a-tat-tat--each fires off a brief synopsis of the items on his or her frontmost burner. Ten minutes later all are back in the office armed wit  More...