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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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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

Of course, software firm 37 Signals has been operating four-day work weeks over the summer since 2008. Rheingans Digital Enabler’s approach is to ban social media during work hours, make most meetings 15 minutes long, and ask people to keep phones in backpacks.

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Is a COO-as-a-service solution right for me?

Asamby Consulting

Why do I need operations help? All this comes down to one thing: More work in managing the company. Additionally, improving your processes and building out your business systems becomes more important and more time-consuming at the same time. What are the options to improve operations?

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Meetings That Work for Both Managers and Makers

Harvard Business

When it comes to designing and leading meetings that produce results , when you meet matters just as much as how you meet. This is particularly true in organizations where employees are both, what Paul Graham calls, “makers” and “managers.” Paul Garbett for HBR. Please do not disturb.”

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If You Can’t Say What Your Meeting Will Accomplish, You Shouldn’t Have It

Harvard Business

How many times have you walked out of a theoretically important meeting—a leadership offsite, a C-suite pow-wow, a sit-down with the board—thinking, That was a great discussion, but I’m not sure we really accomplished anything ? We see this happen all the time when clients hire us to help manage offsites.

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Are You Productive Enough?

Harvard Business

” As a time management coach, I’m keenly aware that you could answer the question “Am I productive enough?” Question 1: Am I meeting expectations? For people who have a well-defined job scope, answering this question may be easy: Did you meet the project milestones?

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Mastering the Art of Leading Remote Work Teams

Rick Conlow

Time Mismanagement: Remote work requires effective time management skills. However, employees may struggle to prioritize tasks and allocate their time efficiently. Employees who take advantage of the situation may neglect or avoid participating in virtual meetings, discussions, or projects. Also, do it yourself.