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Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success

Tom Spencer

Meetings can either be a powerful catalyst for collaboration and decision-making or a drain on time and productivity. Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors.

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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies

Organizational Talent Consulting

Just as no one is perfect, no organization is perfect, and no organizational culture is perfect. Organizational culture is everyone's responsibility, and leaders play a central role in influencing and reinforcing the company culture. Today, many leaders are asking how they can change the organizational culture.

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Your Team Members Aren’t Participating in Meetings. Here’s What to Do.

Harvard Business

Traditional advice for leaders who want to increase meeting participation call for clarifying expectations, setting clear agendas, and asking open-ended questions. Managers who want their teams to be more engaged in meetings need to foster a safe, inclusive team culture, which requires a deep understanding of their team’s unique dynamics.

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10 Strategies to Minimize Meetings in the Workplace

LSA Global

Strategies to Minimize Meetings in the Workplace Endless meetings at work can impede productivity, decrease employee engagement , and stifle innovation. New manager training participants often complain about being trapped in a cycle of back-to-back meetings, leaving little time to lead, manage, or coach their teams.

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How to Shape a Culture of Strategy Execution Excellence

LSA Global

Shaping a Culture of Strategy Execution Excellence Our leadership simulation assessment data tells us that top leaders cultivate a culture of strategy execution excellence by ensuring that workplace culture harmoniously aligns with key strategic objectives. Corporate Culture Research Corporate culture matters.

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8 Tips for Running a Productive Virtual Meeting

Tom Spencer

As a former consultant, attending and facilitating meetings was probably where I spent most of my time. With the lack of physical human interaction, scheduling meetings was the mutually agreed way to even have a simple conversation. Like many of you, I get frustrated by unproductive meetings.

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Governance: Transforming Organizational Culture

Tom Spencer

In the realm of business, the term “ governance ” conjures images of stale bureaucracy, mundane meetings, and rigid roles. In the context of business, these decisions are forged through meetings involving key stakeholders where strategic, operational, and performance-related topics are discussed and debated.