Growing up, I had the hardest time focusing on classroom lectures. No matter how good my intentions were, my brain would inevitably wander. But I mostly did okay in school because what I am good at is ...

Early on when your team is small it’s relatively simple to manage team coordination. In fact, with only two or three people scheduled meetings are often unnecessary. However, as you grow it gets ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people advocate for themselves and leverage opportunities. Leaving an unproductive meeting or, even worse, going into a ...

There's an epidemic sweeping the country that is costing businesses millions of dollars every year -- the unproductive meeting. The average employee spends 5.5 hours in meetings every week, which adds ...

President of GMR Transcription Services, Inc., which provides highly accurate transcription and translation solutions. Additionally, it’s impossible to remember every important detail discussed in a ...

One of my colleagues says it best. When he’s in a meeting, his Instant Messenger away message reads: “The only thing that comes out of a meeting is people.” And all too often, that’s true. Although ...

Meetings make the business world go round. However, it often feels like meetings are actually slowing everything down. There are some stark differences between an effective meeting and a waste of time ...

Love them or hate them, when it comes to the workplace, meetings are a necessity. It's often where details are sorted out and new ideas are born. But it can also be where politics and power dynamics ...

There are all kinds of other really cool techniques that I’ve seen people deploy to get great value with Meeting Workspaces and I’ll write about them on a future post. This should help get you started ...