Meetings That Work
“Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so – most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on the same page.” – Justin Rosenstein (co-founder of Asana) Far too many meetings bite (trying to use less colorful language). We’ve talked about Daily Meetings, Weekly Meetings, Quarterly and…
Quarterly & Annual Strategy Meetings
“There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.” ― Peter F. Drucker Strategy helps focus your organization on doing the right things, not just doing the same things better. But no matter how great the strategy is that you devised at your yearly planning retreat,…
Weekly Staff Meetings That Don’t Make You Want to Gouge Your Eyeballs Out
Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings. George Will There is little more dreaded in corporate America today than the weekly staff meeting. Below you will find out how to make this meeting something that your team looks forward to, to be inspired, engaged, uplifted and motivated!…
More Time in Meetings, Less Time at Work
It’s pretty hard to imagine, but I can teach you how to spend more time in meetings, less time at work and get more accomplished in any given day. Want to learn how? How could you possibly spend one more minute in meetings and get more accomplished in your work? Here’s how meetings allow you…
Meetings that Drive Results
“We will continue having meetings until we find out why no work is getting done!” – Anonymous Meetings that drive results? I thought that most meetings were just a colossal waste of time. After many years of research, I still do – at least for most organizations. But it doesn’t have to be that way….
Maintain Your System
Here’s the rub. If we don’t empty all our inboxes every day, the task of “getting clear” will get bigger and bigger. The bigger and scarier the task, the more likely we are to put it off until we “have more time.”
Making Strategy Fun
How do you make developing strategy fun? Here are some tips I have learned over the years.
Are We Wasting the Chance of a Lifetime?
Seth Godin wants you to know that you are wasting the chance of a lifetime.
Getting The Work Done
The only way to know you will have adequate time to deliver “completed” work is to have a rock-solid productivity system. That is what “Getting Things Done” (GTD) by David Allen and variants of his work are. They are the systems we need to plan and do great work.