“I heard you had a tough time getting back to the airport after the HR Leaders Conference in Lagos.” That was followed by at least a half-hour of further … Read more
The Problem With Meetings? They Cost More Than They’re Really Worth
How much is it costing? “We just spent over $5,000 for a half-hour meeting,” one of the senior executives said. The meeting was to decide the … Read more
8 Ways to Help Make Your Office Meetings More Tolerable
“Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.” — John Kenneth Galbraith, economist. As we can all attest, business meetings often waste … Read more
How to Hold a Meeting That Won’t Waste Everyone’s Time
“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be … Read more
Don Rumsfeld’s 8 Rules For Successful Meetings
Here’s a question I have heard repeated for years — does anyone out there actually like meetings? I ask because in the world of business we … Read more
Do We Really Need to Have 32 People at This Meeting?
“People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.” — Thomas Sowell, economist and social theorist. “Football combines the two worst things … Read more