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How to improve your meetings

Halo Psych

And one of the things they have the most in common is a frustration with meetings. This includes those coming as guests to present at a board meeting, as well as some board members, themselves. People not contributing during the meeting. Poor chairing, meaning the same people dominate each meeting and take up the most airtime.

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What's Servant Leadership?

Organizational Talent Consulting

People are looking to business leaders to help remove barriers that impact meeting their own needs. 2003, October 16). It is no longer acceptable for corporate leadership to be blind to their followers' needs and the communities where they live and work. Are you interested in better understanding your leadership style? Greenleaf, R.

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Yellen Yap: Dollar Briefly Takes Out March High, Surging to Level Last Seen March 2003; For What It's Worth

MishTalk

As Fed Chair Janet Yellen yapped about the strength of the US economy in a speech to the Economic Club of Washington , the US dollar index briefly surged above a level set in March, to a high last seen in April of 2003. The last time the dollar touched as high as it did today was in March of 2003.

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Seth's Blog: A field guide to the Meeting Troll

Seth Godin Blog

Member since 08/2003. A field guide to the Meeting Troll. The meeting troll is a common creature, one that morphs over time and is good at hiding (snaring you when it's too late to avoid him.). The meeting troll has a neverending list of reasonable objections. The meeting troll thinks his job is to find the no.

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Is Networking a Distraction or Important Leadership Skill?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Then create three questions in advance of your meetings based on your needs. Step 3: Schedule a networking meeting Using a short 20-minute meeting is a great way to be respectful of your contact's time. End with asking if there is anything you could discuss that would help support them and wrap up your meeting.

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How to Become a Better Leader Than You Ever Thought Possible

Organizational Talent Consulting

If you’re like most leaders, you’re running from meeting to meeting and working at a breakneck pace to manage your business and help those around you be successful. 2003, October 16). ~Greenleaf & Spears Are you a Servant Leader? Take this free quiz to learn if your leadership style aligns with servant leadership.

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"Have the consultant do it"?

The Nonprofit Consultant

As a prime example, when I started as an independent consultant, back in December 2003, one of the main things I did was grant proposal writing. Now, I will rarely accept those types of assignments. Basically, over time, I came to realize that the client was better served by my helping them gain the capacity to write grants in-house.