Category: Meeting Management
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The meeting’s over. Within moments, everyone is scurrying back to check voice- and e-mail messages, quickly forgetting about the action items they just took on. Your mission? To produce minutes that remind everyone what needs to happen next, and assure them that their meeting time was well spent. These five suggestions will help you write […]
The monthly department meeting is next week, and you’ve already heard from four people who want to appear on the agenda. You expect a few more to chime in. It’s your job to create an agenda that affords adequate time for each item, as well as to make sure the meeting runs smoothly and ends on time. Your best approach? Annette Marquis, co-owner of TRIAD Consulting, recommends building an adjustable meeting-agenda template in Excel.
You may not realize it, says executive coach Jenni Prisk, but your boss might love to have you as his or her mentor.
December 1, 2005
Categorized in: Meetings
Meetings are notorious time-wasters, so protect your boss from ineffective sit-downs. When someone invites your boss to a meeting, ask these five questions:
When you socialize at a business event or wait for a meeting to begin, you can use the opportunity to forge relationships and let your personality shine.
Do your office meetings suffer from a case of “all talk and no action”? You (yes, you) can fix that with this tactic.
You can’t force your boss to unplug or forget about work while on vacation, but you can make it easier for him (and you) with this plan:
January 1, 2005
Categorized in: Meetings
If you’re spending too much time managing who can use which meeting room when and what equipment they will need, turn to software for a solution.
Here’s a quick gift of tips to get back seconds, minutes, even hours. After all, we’re entering the season that’s more demanding on our time than we ever thought possible!
Turn up the thermostat if your productivity lags in the winter. When the temperature drops, people type slower and make more errors, a Cornell University ergonomics professor says. The extra money your employer spends on heating may be offset by increased productivity. Soft-sell your idea. If you think your manager will resist an idea that […]
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