The Golden Rule of Meeting Participation
‘Hmmmm. I can’t let this meeting end without contributing SOMETHING…’ Continue reading The Golden Rule of Meeting Participation
Category: Managing Meetings
The Rules of Brainstorming
“How about you just shout out your ideas and I’ll keep writing them down until this Post-It note is all filled up?” (c) The New … Continue reading The Rules of Brainstorming
Five Ways to Change Your Meeting Culture
One of my clients actually differentiated between ‘meetings’ and ‘working meetings’. EVERY meeting should be a ‘working meeting’!!!
Here are some tips other clients have implemented successfully to keep their meetings from being a tragic waste of human spirit. Continue reading Five Ways to Change Your Meeting Culture
Think Before You Click
You don’t have to go to every meeting you’re invited to.
Here are some ways to figure out which ones you need to attend, which ones really need you, and which are just clogging your calendar.
The Room Where It Happens
If paranoia, fear, and/or curiosity are the primary reasons to attend a meeting, consider finding more productive things to do with your time.
No one ever got promoted for attending meetings.