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How to Eliminate the Whirlwind & Increase Productivity

Rick Conlow

And what does all of this have to do with managing others? 2 Considerations to Move from Whirlwind to Productivity. As a manager, even though you have a million things on your plate, it is your responsibility to know and understand what is occupying your team’s time. (No, Do a series of team planning meetings.

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Stress and decreased engagement are just two reasons we need to stop scheduling back-to-back meetings

Brimstone Consulting

By changing how we approach meetings and how we run meetings, we can connect and communicate more effectively – and reduce stress and fatigue. One week, the study volunteers participated in four half-hour meetings that were scheduled back-to-back.

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Mastering the Art of Leading Remote Work Teams

Rick Conlow

The number of companies adopting and managers leading remote work teams has increased significantly. Now however, controversy about the productivity challenges of leading remote work teams confront organizational assumptions about its effectiveness. Owl Labs date says they are 47% more productive. hours a week.

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Designing a hybrid workplace? Avoid this mistake.

Brimstone Consulting

Members of the leadership team expressed the same, but were also concerned about declining productivity and engagement. Finally, we worked with the organization to go back to the basics of meetings and emails. Does this need to be a meeting? We also helped to develop a decision tree focused on accepting and declining meetings.

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Designing a hybrid workplace? Avoid this mistake.

Brimstone Consulting

Members of the leadership team expressed the same, but were also concerned about declining productivity and engagement. Finally, we worked with the organization to go back to the basics of meetings and emails. Does this need to be a meeting? We also helped to develop a decision tree focused on accepting and declining meetings.

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Don’t Wait Until After the Meeting to Start Your Action Items

Harvard Business

Watch a video of the workshop on the company intranet or read the survey feedback? If this sort of time crunch sounds familiar, you are not alone. It wasn’t long after becoming a manager that I found I had landed on a seemingly endless treadmill of meetings. The Seven Imperatives to Keeping Meetings on Track.

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Stop Scheduling Conference Calls and Finally Commit to Videoconferencing

Harvard Business

If you knew about a technology that would help you improve organizational alignment, cut meeting times, and increase engagement in discussions, surely you’d use it all the time, right? Meetings Take Half as Long. The Seven Imperatives to Keeping Meetings on Track. Do You Really Need to Hold That Meeting?