Tis the season for twinkling lights, presents under the tree, and – yep, you guessed it – meetings! In the midst of the ...

Effective communication in team meetings is essential, since meetings offer the opportunity for employees from different facets of the company to gather together to reinforce strategies, brainstorm ...

Your team leaves the conference room after a meeting and in their collective sigh, you hear: “Another meeting that could have been an email.” Some members of the group take the opportunity to catch up ...

As we move bumpily toward a post-pandemic new normal, one thing is clear: Many future meetings and events will involve both in-person and remote participants. A recent international survey of ...

One of the biggest black holes in workplace productivity is the poorly designed, poorly run meeting. No wonder 71 percent of senior managers view their companies’ meetings as unproductive and ...

Meetings promote collaboration, decision-making, and strategy development, all essential to business operations. However, they can also be a huge waste of time. Each year, 24 billion hours are wasted ...

So why are meetings often so ineffective? You’d think that nobody involved would want to waste his or her valuable time. Many managers and business owners simply have unrealistic expectations for how ...

I hated meetings when I worked for big companies. Most meetings -- even the ones you lead -- are a waste of time; that is, unless you take a different approach. Here are nine unconventional but very ...

Who’s Responsible? The chair is the person in charge of a meeting. He/she has the authority to regulate a meeting and the responsibility to enforce rules, keep the order, and work toward the ...

What are meetings good for? Countless professionals ask themselves this very question everyday. The frustration around meetings is a consequence of failing to abide by some very basic principles. What ...