Having an agenda is the most basic piece of advice about meetings, and yet it’s also one of the most ignored. So many meetings are just on our calendars each week as “check-ins” or “status updates.” ...

What looks like a communication problem is usually something deeper. Most teams respond to communication problems by adding ...

Few realities of organizational life are the subject of more complaints than meetings. Large or small, scheduled or ah hoc, meetings are as necessary as they are annoying. There’s a better way. There ...

Meetings are a fact of organizational life. Here’s a better way to ensure productivity from meetings of any size, scope or duration. There are four key elements which, taken together, drive far better ...

Imagine you’re a middle manager tasked with updating the executive team on a crucial work issue that needs their buy-in. You’ve prepped and have started delivering on all the points they need to hear.